Brian Flanagan: 'Playing Leinster Championship quarter-finals and semi-finals in these regional venues makes absolute sense'

RIGHT DECISION: Kildare manager Brian Flanagan praised the Leinster Council’s decision to give teams home advantage in the Leinster Championship quarter-finals and to take the semi-finals out of Croke Park. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Leinster SFC quater-final: Kildare 2-17 (2-2-13) Westmeath 0-21 (0-2-17)

Kildare manager Brian Flanagan praised the Leinster Council’s decision to give teams home advantage in the Leinster Championship quarter-finals and to take the semi-finals out of Croke Park after his team qualified for the last four by beating Westmeath in front of a packed Cedral St Conelths Park on Saturday evening.