Newbridge set for unprecedented Super Saturday of Championship action 

All four senior Kildare teams will be in Championship action on an unprecedented Super Saturday.

There will be two separate double headers, with the two ladies teams playing in Manguard Park, while the two mens teams will take to the field for a mouthwatering pair of games in Cedral St Conleths Park.

The action will get underway in Manguard Park when Kildare take on Shane McCormack's Meath team in the opening round of their LGFA All-Ireland Senior Championship at 12.45pm. The two sides met last month in what was effectively a Leinster Championship semi-final when a stirring Kildare comeback fell just short in a one point defeat.

That game is followed by the camogie team taking on Carlow in the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship as David O'Mahoney's team look to get their season back on track after an opening round defeat to Down.

Attention will then turn to turn to Cedral St Conleths Park for perhaps the biggest double header to be ever held at the grounds. 

First up will the McDonagh Cup winning hurlers as they take on Dublin in the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals at 4pm. Last Sunday's brilliant McDonagh Cup final win over Laois means an entry into Liam McCarthy Cup as one of the last eight counties left in the competition. For the dreamers among us, a win over Dublin would set up an All-Ireland quarter-final against Limerick and a win there would leave only Kilkenny standing between Kildare and an All-Ireland place. It seems surreal but that is the level of competition that Kildare will face on a regular basis when they compete in the Leinster Senior Championship next year for the first time since 2004. In reality, the incredibly difficult task of facing Dublin is made all the tougher by the schedule that sees Kildare back on the field just six days after the monumental effort that required to win at Croke Park.

That game is followed by the footballers putting their season on the line against Offaly in the Tailteann Cup quarter-finals at 6.30pm. Brian Flanagan's team were already assured of a home tie after winning their group and they were pitted against a side who have beaten them twice already this year in Monday morning's draw. Offaly beat Kildare in the league in Tullamore in March and then in the Division 3 final at Croke Park later that month but Kildare supporters will be hoping that home advantage can swing things back in Kildare's favour.

Speaking after the win over Sligo that clinched a home tie, Flanagan stressed the importance of getting back into Cedral St Conleths Park.

“We wanted to make the new Cedral St Conleth’s Park a fortress for us this year and we’ve done that so far and it’s about finishing that in style. We wanted to win today (against Sligo) to give ourselves and the fans, one more run out in St Conleth’s Park. Home advantage means a lot to us and we don’t want to let that record slip.”

The full Tailteann Cup quarter-final draw is - Fermanagh v Sligo,  Wicklow v Westmeath,  Kildare v Offaly,  Limerick v Wexford, with all games down for decision this weekend. 

It promises to be a Saturday like no other and it's over now to the supporters to make the two double headers occasions to remember, and the teams to come up with the results.