Former Mayo star Conor Mortimer showed his love for Gaelic football by making his Kildare Junior Championship debut at the age of 44, but he could do little to prevent Ardclough from falling to a heavy defeat.

Who will follow in Grangenolvin's footsteps and lift the Noel Moran Cup this year?

Sudden death penalties were needed to decide this evening's Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship quarter-final between Athgarvan and Castlemitchell

Places in the knockout stages will be confirmed this weekend

Naas have a chance to add to their incredible trophy haul in recent yeas while the Junior Football Championship gets underway this weekend

The Kildare Nationalist Team of the 2024 Junior Football Championship

Ray Kavanagh scored six points as Castlemitchell eased their way into the last four of the Tom Cross Junior Football Championship

ATHGARVAN 1-12 KILL 1-9  Jordan Nolan Mullally scored six points as Athgarvan inflicted a defeat that could have major implications for Kill’s Junior Championship hopes in Manguard Park this evening.

Now into the latter rounds of the group stages and the games getting more and more important, the task of finalising the Junior Football Championship Team of the Week is getting ever more difficult

Kill lead the way in the Kildare Nationalist Tom Cross Junior Football Championship Team of the Week but Grange, Castlemitchell, Rathcoffey, Athgarvan and Cappagh also feature

Paul Kirwin scored a late winner in a mammoth comeback for Kill in the closest of the five Tom Cross Junior Championship games this evening, while there were some sizeable wins elsewhere

The opening round of the Tom Cross Junior Football Championship brought some outstanding individual displays so check out who made the cut for the Kildare Nationalist Team of the Week

A second half goal by former Kildare underage star Ethan O'Donoghue was key for Rathcoffey in seeing off a gallant effort from Cappagh

Former rugby star Fionn Carr scored seven points for Ardclough but it wasn't enough for his team who were always chasing the game after two early Rheban goals

Fionn Bergin scored 2-10 as Grange saw off Athgarvan in a manner befitting of one of the favourites for this year's Tom Cross Junior Football Championship

Robertstown 0-13 Ballykelly 0-3  Ballykelly had 18 shots on goal in a dry and sunny Manguard Park on Friday evening last. 13 went wide, one dropped short, another hit the post, and three managed to find the target.

A point by Kill's Sam Lafferty ensured that the opening game of this year's Tom Cross Junior Football Championship ended in a draw

This year's Division 3 champions Grange and Ellistown, relegated from Intermediate last year, look to the favourites for the Tom Cross Junior Championship which gets underway on Thursday evening.