Monday Lunch Sport

Kildare Hurlers 3 from 3 Keogh Cup wins; Kildare Ladies Winning NFL Start; Leinster Senior League & KDFL Results; Leinster v Ulster in Champions Cup Last 16; Athy & North Kildare Leinster League wins; Liffey Celtics National Intermediate Cup champions; Reminder Kildare Scoreboard, this evening 6.30pm: Kildare results/manager interviews.

Beginning with hurling.  Following their opening round wins over Carlow and Wicklow, David Herity’s side, under new captain James Burke, played

Down in Hawkfeld yesterday and made it 3 wins from 3.

Final score: Kildare 0-26 Down 0-15

Kildare’s next game is away to Meath next Saturday at 1pm; Kildare only need a draw to lift the Keogh Cup

Next Saturday, the footballers begin their National League campaign away to Dublin next Saturday night in Croke Park

Kfm will have full commentary, in association with Hanlon Concrete, Robertstown.

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Kildare women footballers began their National League campaign vs Down in St. Conleth’s Park yesterday.

Final score: Kildare 3-13 Down 0-6

Kildare are home to Longford next Sunday at 2pm

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Frank Lampard's time as Everton manager looks set to come to an end.

Reports suggest he will depart the role after the club held talks over the weekend.

The Toffees are second from bottom in the Premier League with just three wins so far this season.

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Fulham host Tottenham in the Premier League tonight.

Fulham have won four of their last five league matches, while Spurs have just one win in their last five.

Kildare clubs Leinster Senior League Kildare clubs results

Senior Sunday Maynooth University Town 5 Malahide Utd 1

Senior Sunday 1A, Larkview 1 Leixlip Utd 1

Major Sunday, Balloulster Utd 7 Newtown Rangers 1

Senior Cup O’Neills Polikoff Cup, Monread 4 Verona 1

Premier Sunday 1,

Naas AFC 6 Terenure Rangers 1

Kilcock Celtic FC 3-0 Knocklyon United FC

***(Full Kildare club results in Scoreboard, this evening, 6.30pm)

KDFL results

Football Association of Ireland Junior Cup (Fifth Round) Clonmullion 1  Salthill Devon 1

(Salthill Devon win 4-3 on penalties AET)

Leinster FA Womens Junior Cup (Round 2) Ashbourne United 0 Sallins Celtic 1

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Following the weekend games in the Champions Cup, Leinster win Pool A and will play Ulster in the round of 16 on the weekend of March 31st

Munster, following their narrow loss to Toulouse, go to Cell C Sharks in South Aftrica.

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In the AIL, Naas lost at home to City of Armagh 32-5 in Fournaoughts on Saturday

The win puts Armagh on top of Division 1B on 43 points.  Naas are 7th on 19 points.

In Division 2B, MU Barhnall won away to bottom side Dolphin by 34-24

The win moves MU Barnhall 2nd in the table on 37 points behind leaders Queens University on 44.

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Leinster League - Division 1B: Athy 28, Cill Dara 24

Division 2A Newbridge 9, North Kildare 13

***(Full Kildare club results in Scoreboard, this evening, 6.30pm)

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Congratulations to Leixlip’s Liffey Celtics  Senior Ladies. National Intermediate Basketball Cup champions.

They defeated Glanmire 55-47 on Saturday morning.

Niamh Masterson and Karen Mealey both scored 16 points in the victory for the Kildare club in the National Arena.

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REMINDER: to join Paul Power this evening from 6.30pm for Kildare Scoreboard: a review of all the weekend Kildare action, including interviews with Kildare hurling manager David Herity, Kildare Ladies manager Diane O'Hora and Liffey Celtics Head Coach Maguire