Kildare Beaten in Added Time!

Saturday, 17 January 2026 09:13

By Clem Ryan

Westmeath 1-18 Kildare 1-16 as last minute two pointer wins it for Westmeath who were 8 points down midway through 2nd half.

Luke Loughlin kicked a dramatic stoppage-time winner as Westmeath used two-point scores to overhaul Kildare.

The Lakelanders trailed by double scores, 0-8 to 1-13 with16 minutes remaining, but then in the remaining time scored five two-pointers, along with a goal from man of the match half back and team captain Ronan Wallace who scored 1-7.,

Kildare led 0-6 to 0-1 up after eight minutes but also kicked 8 first half wides, and despite a barren scoring spell of 20 minutes led at the interval by 0-8 to 0-4.

Half way through the 2nd half, Kildare led 1-13 (the goal from Liam Kelly) to 0-8 and looked on course for a decisive win, but then Wallace and Luke Loughlin closed out the game with two-point scores, the latter kicking a game-total of 3 two pointers, including the match winning two pointer..

Kildare: Cian Burke; Harry O'Neill, Padraic Spillane, Ryan Burke; James Harris, Eoin Lawlor, Brian Byrne; Kevin Feely (0-2, twopt), Brendan Gibbons; Brian McLoughlin (0-4, 1 twopt), Alex Beirne (0-5, 1 twopt, 0-1f), Callum Bolton (0-1); Sam Doran, Ben Loakman (0-3, 1 twopt), Eoin Cully (0-1).

Subs: Liam Kelly (gl) for Sam Doran h/t, Mick Spillane for Eoin Lawlor 45, Darragh Swords for Pádraigh Spillane 53, Darragh Mangan for Brendan Gibbons 57.

Audio: Calum Bolton