Galway 3-12
Kildare 1-7

by Mark Walsh

Galway returned to winning ways against Kildare in Division 1 of the Lidl National Ladies Football League in Tuam Stadium.

The Tribeswomen built a 2-6 to 0-5 lead by half-time thanks to well-constructed goals from inside forwards Andrea Trill and Leanne Coen.

Galway’s full-forward line scored 3-7 in total and the third member of that line, Róisín Leonard, got her name among the goals for the first score after the break. Galway were not for catching thereafter.

Daniel Moynihan’s side, beaten by Cork in round two, were playing their first home game of the campaign and were 0-4 to the good early on against Kildare in Tuam thanks to points from Aoife O’Rourke, Trill (two) and Leonard.

Kildare captain Laoise Lenehan led the fight for her side and she grabbed Kildare’s first score in the 14th minute. Maynooth’s Aoife Murnane pointed for her side, before Leonard converted a superb two-point free off the deck.

Roisin Forde pointed a free for Kildare and the first of Galway’s goals arrived in the 23rd minute through Andrea Trill.

Lenehan and Forde (free) pointed for Kildare coming up to half-time, but Galway’s second goal was sandwiched between those scores. Coen brilliantly finished to the top corner in the 29th minute to ensure Galway held a commanding interval advantage.

Claregalway forward Trill laid on the assist for Leonard’s goal early in the second period. Trill took her tally to 1-4 with two more points and Kate Thompson made it 3-9 to 0-5 to Galway in the 42nd minute.

Aoife Rattigan was on target with a free for Kildare, who were awarded a penalty in the 47th minute when sub Mayah Doyle was fouled by two Galway defenders. Alannah Prizeman, another sub, finished her shot low to the corner of the net.

The Noone sisters, Hannah and Eva, put Galway 3-11 to 1-6 in front and captain Kate Slevin got in on the scoring act in the 56th minute. Prizeman rounded out the afternoon’s scoring shortly afterwards with a free.

Both sides have a week’s rest before their respective round four fixtures, when Galway play Armagh in Duggan Park in Ballinasloe, and Kildare travel to the capital to face Dublin.

Scorers - Galway: A Trill 1-4, R Leonard 1-3 (1 tpf), L Coen 1-0, A O’Rourke, K Thompson, H Noone, E Noone, K Slevin 0-1 each.

Kildare: A Prizeman 1-1 (1-0 pen, 1f), L Lenehan, R Forde (2f) 0-2 each, A Murnane, A Rattigan (f) 0-1 each.

GALWAY: L O’Halloran; R Quinn, S Ní Loingsigh, B Quinn; S Healy, C Trill, H Noone; N Divilly, A Madden; A O’Rourke, K Slevin, K Thomspon; A Trill, L Coen, R Leonard. Subs: A Molloy for S Healy (ht), L Noone for A O’Rourke (41), E Noone for R Leonard (49), M Glynn for K Thompson (53), É Smyth for A Trill (54), K Mee for R Quinn (54), D Keane for K Slevin (57), E Power for H Noone (57), S McGovern for L Coen (60), S Ní Scanláin for C Trill (60), E Mitchell for B Quinn (60).

KILDARE: R Fennin; E Wheeler, R Sargent, M Doherty; H McLoughlin, L Shaw, L Lenehan; N Murphy, M Aspell; M McDonagh, C Wheeler, A Rattigan; A Murnane, A Mernagh, R Forde. Subs: G Wheeler for M McDonagh (35), M Doyle for R Forde (43), A Prizeman for Murnane (43), S Galvin for M Aspell (49), A Cahill for A Rattigan (54), L Reilly for L Shaw (54), L Dunlea for H McLoughlin (60), A Mulligan for N Murphy (60).

Referee: Gus Chapman (Sligo).

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