There are three All-Ireland SFC Round 2 qualifiers getting underway at 3pm today and we’ll keep you up-to-date with how they unfold. You can email ben@thescore.ie, tweet us or leave a comment in the section below.
Cavan 1-9 Kildare 3-20
Laois 2-12 Monaghan 0-12
Westmeath 1-12 Kerry 2-10
Welcome along! The Connacht final is into the second half over at Dr Hyde Park (which you can follow here) but we’ve got other matters to attend to.
You can read previews for all three of today’s qualifiers here, and here are the team line-ups:
CAVAN: J Reilly; K Clarke, P O’Reilly, D Tighe; M McKeever, D Reilly, F Flanagan; D Givney, T Corr; N Smith, G McKiernan, R Flanagan; N McDermott, E Keating, J Brady.
KILDARE: S Connolly; A MacLochlainn, M Foley, P Kelly; E Bolton, M O’Flaherty, H McGrillen; D Flynn, R Kelly; E O’Flaherty, M Conway, A Smith; J Doyle, T O’Connor, J Kavanagh.
WESTMEATH: D Quinn; M McCallon, J Gaffey, K Maguire; D Harte, M Ennis, D McDermott; J Heslin, P Bannon; K Martin, G Egan, C McCormack; Denis Glennon, David Glennon, P Sharry.
KERRY: B Kealy; M O Se, A O’Mahony, K Young; T O Se, E Brosnan, B Maguire; A Maher, B Sheehan; P Galvin, Declan O’Sullivan, D Walsh; J O’Donoghue, C Cooper, K Donaghy.
LAOIS: E Culliton; C Healy, K Meaney, J Kavanagh, D Strong, J O’Loughlin, C Boyle; B Quigley, C Begley; D O’Connor, B Sheehan, G Walsh; R Munnelly, P Clancy, C Kelly.
MONAGHAN: M Keogh; D Wylie, V Corey, C Walshe; K O’Connell, D Mone, K Duffy; O Lennon, D Clerkin; P Dooney, D Hughes, J Turley; P Finlay, C McManus, T Freeman.
Rumours were rife this afternoon that Kildare were planning to start Seanie Johnston against his former team at Breffni Park. As had originally been reported, however, he has been left on the bench today – wearing No.21.
Credit: Adrian Eames
Cavan 0-3 Kildare 0-6 Three point advantage now after O’Flatherty fists over. Five wides so far for Cavan.
GOAL! Cavan 0-3 Kildare 1-6 Mikey Conway finishes off a fabulous move. Cavan second best after bright start.
GOAL! Laois 2-7 Monaghan 0-7 Quigley scores as Laois find the back of the net for a second time.
Half time scores:
Cavan 0-4 Kildare 2-11
Laois 2-7 Monaghan 0-8
Westmeath 0-8 Kerry 1-3
The Lilywhites lead by 13 points at the break without Seanie on the field. Doesn’t look to be any way back for Cavan at the moment. Great first half of football from Laois in Portlaoise, meanwhile.
Ross Munnelly of Laois in action against Owen Lennon of Monaghan. Credit: INPHO/Ken Sutton
In the Connacht SFC final, Mayo have beaten Sligo 0-12 to 0-10. Our man Ewan Mac Kenna was liveblogging the game here.
Second half begins at Breffni Park. Carlow have made a couple of changes.
Cavan 0-4 Kildare 2-12 Mikey Conway with the first score of the half, that’s 1-4 for him now.
GOAL! Cavan 1-4 Kildare 2-12 Cavan find the net – Eugene Keating wins a high ball and slots it under Shane Connelly in the Kildare goal.
GOAL! Westmeath 1-9 Kerry 2-3 Darran O’Sullivan, on as a substitute, scores for the Kingdom.
Westmeath 1-10 Kerry 2-7 James O’Donoghue punches over the bar and it’s all-square.
SEANIE WATCH: He’s out warming up on the sideline. 12 minutes to go. Will he get the nod?
SEANIE WATCH: It’s official. Seanie Johnston is a Kildare player as he has just been introduced.
Credit: John Farrelly
SEANIE WATCH: He shoots wide but is fouled before goalkeeper James Reilly is yellow carded. When he picks up possession again, he clips over the bar to make it Cavan 1-9 Kildare 3-20.
Full time: Cavan 1-9 Kildare 3-20 That’s an emphatic win by Kieran McGeeney’s men.
Westmeath 1-11 Kerry 2-10 Paul Galvin puts Kerry two ahead with seconds remaining.
Hard Luck Westmeath. great performance. We gave Kerry a big scare.
Fair play nobody saw it coming id say the ref will be leaving mullingar in a hurry
@westmeath Were you there? How close was it *really*? Contentious decisions etc.?
Cavan 3-20 Kildare 1-09..is that how they deceived to flatter?
Hooray for Kildare, flattering to deceive once again.