The all-action Karl Hartley was Man of the Match as Sarsfields ran out impressive opening-round winners over Carbury in Group B of the Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championship

Sisters Freya and Erin Healy grabbed goals as Sarsfields beat county champions St Laurence's in Round 2 of the Kildare LGFA Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championship

Former Kildare man Ray Cahill was joined by his son Oisin as Sarsfields snatched victory from Athy in injury-time

Sarsfields pipped Athy late on for a result that has ramifications at both ends of the Division 1 table

An early Cian Costigan goal set the Newbridge outfit on their way

Sarsfields were staring down the barrel when 12 points down early in the second half against Johnstownbridge but Shea Ryan and his midfield partner Tadhg Hoey helped wrestle back control of the game and the scores started to flow

Trailing by 12 points early in the second half, Sarsfields produced a comeback for the ages to reach their 25th SFC semi-final in the last 35 years

Naas had been unbeaten for 31 Kildare Championship games but Sarsfields ended that run in emphatic fashion

Karl Hartley and Harry Redmond scored goals in either half 

It had been a close game 40 minutes but Raheens couldn't cope with Sarsfields after that

Daragh Ryan scored a brilliant 1-6 from wing back to make sure that Sarsfields got past the Eoin Cully inspired Carbury

Even short almost all their intercounty stars Naas were still able to recover from conceding the first 1-6 of the game before blitzing Sarsfields in a power packed final quarter 

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

Great come back by Sarsfields

The first Newbridge derby of the year proved to be a one sided affair

"We knew we were going to be in a battle"

This weekend sees the two primary grades in the men’s adult football championships reach the penultimate stage and while it’s a familiar looking last four in the Joe Mallon Motors Senior Championship, true to form it’s anything but in the Auld ...

Alan Smith came off the bench to kick the decisive score as Sarsfields came from six points down to win the 'Battle of Newbridge' and reach the Senior Football Championship semi-finals

Naas were in imperious form today against one of their title challengers Sarsfields

Karl Hartley scored two goals in the last ten minutes as Sarsfields finally overcame Confey

Eadestown looked set for a huge SFC win over Sarsfields but two late, late points saved the day for the Sash

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A late Ben McCormack goal sealed a win for Sarsfields over local rivals Moorefield in the preliminary round of the Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championship at Manguard Park

The Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championship gets underway with a blockbuster Newbridge derby on Friday evening but the overriding question heading into this year's Championship is, can anybody stop Naas?

Senan Mackey's goal eight minutes from time rounded off a good win for Sarsfields over St Laurences in the Minor Football Summer League Division 1A final

It was a thoroughly ‘professional’ performance