A Great Success For Both Kildare Hurlers And Camogie Teams In Yesterday's Games

The Kildare Hurlers beat Tyrone, while The Kildare Camogie Team beat Louth.

GAA

Success for both Kildare Hurlers and Camogie Team in yesterdays games.
 
Second in the table the Division 2 hurlers had a 2-34 to 0-8 points win over bottom side Tyrone, in Cedral St. Conleths Park.
 
That result and Derry's win over Meath by 1-27 to 1-23 has Kildare on the cusp of promotion to Division 1B next season.
 
Two teams will be promoted.
 
Currently, on the table, Kildare, with their last game away to Meath in two weeks time, lead with 8 points on score difference from Down, who play Kerry today.  
 
Kerry and Meath have 4 points each, but both have two games left - Meath's last one will be at home to Kildare.
 
So, all to play for in the Division, but Kildare are looking the likely promotion candidates, along with Down.


In Division 1A, it finished Limerick 1-27 Galway 0-18 points.
 
Today Clare play Cork in Ennis at 3:15pm.

Before that Kilkenny and Tipperary face off at 1:15pm.
 

In Division 1B, Dublin beat Carlow 2-29 to 3-17 in Parnell Park .

That win means Offaly are promoted to Division 1A next year.
 

In the Very National Camogie League, Division 3A, Kildare beat bottom side Louth by 8-10 to 1-2.
 
Laois lead the table on 7 points, from Roscommon also on 7, Wicklow 6 and Kildare 4 points.
 

RUGBY

In the Six Nations, Ireland's 42-27 loss to France today means the Grand Slam is out of reach .

Scotland beat Wales 35-29
 
Today, England host Italy in Twickenham Stadium at 3pm.
 
 

SOCCER

Premier League leaders Liverpool's came from behind to beat the bottom team 3-1 at Anfield.

Manchester City lost 1-nil at top four rivals Nottingham Forest, Brighton secured a late 2-1 win over Fulham, while Ipswich were beaten 1-nil at
Crystal Palace.

Aston Villa had a 1-0 win over Brentford.

Wolves and Everton finished up in a 1 all draw.
 
Today at 2pm, Chelsea play Leicester and Spurs play Bournemouth.
 
Then at 4.30pm, Manchester United play Arsenal.

GOLF
Irish golfer Shane Lowry has slipped back to six shots off the pace going into the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

He’s part of a group on 4-under-par, with American Collin Morikawa out in front.

Rory McIlroy, Robert MacIntyre and Aaron Rai are a stroke further back from Lowry.
 

ATHLETICS

Mark English runs in today's final of the men's 800 metres at the European Indoor Championships in The Netherlands.

Andrew Coscoran and Sarah Healy will go in the finals of the men's and women's 3 thousand metres.

BASKETBALL
In Women's Superleague basketball: Leixlip's Flo Max Liffey Celtics hopes of being top of the table at the end of the regular season are over.

2nd going into last night's home game vs Killester in Leixlip Amenities Centre, Celtics lost 64-88, but stay 2nd.

With just one regular season game left, Waterford Wildcats,  lead the table by 9 points and have won the regular season, ahead of the play-off finals
for the title

RACING

There's a seven race card in Naas today.

The first going to post at ten-past-two.

Join Robbie Irwin on More Music Sportsbeat from 2pm for a review of the Kildare hurlers win yesterday and all of today's action.

Kfm Sport with Joe Mallon Motors Sallins Road Naas.

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