Kildare win over Meath in Allianz Football League Division 2 Sun 5 Feb 2017 in Navan

Kildare win over Meath in Allianz Football League Division 2 Sun 5 Feb 2017 in Navan

Kildare 3-17        Meath 0-16

Mickey Burke got a black card (21m) and a penalty opportunity was denied to C O'Sullivan.

Kildare 2-07 to 0-07 at half-time

At one stage Meath closed the gap to 0-9 to 2-8

Meath manager Andy McEntee will look for an improvement next week.

Meath play Derry in Navan next week.

Meath:  Jack Hannigan; Donal Keogan, Conor McGill, Mickey Burke; Brian Power, Shane McEntee, Alan Douglas; Cian O’Brien, Bryan Menton (0-1); Cillian O’Sullivan (0-2), Graham Reilly (0-4), Alan Forde (0-2); Eamon Wallace, Brian Sheridan, Donal Lenihan (0-7 five frees). Subs – Ruairi O Coileain for Power, Adam Flanagan for Douglas both half-time, Bobby O'Brien for Sheridan 46 mins, Conor Downey for Wallace 51m, Willie Carry for McEntee 64m.

Subs: D McQuillan for Burke (Black card), R O Coileain for Power, A Flanagan for Douglas, B O'Brien for Sheridan, C Downey for Wallace, W Carry for McEntee.

Referee: C Branagan (Down).