Kilkenny led by six points close to the half-hour mark but were denied victory by a last-minute free
The pre-match favourites got off to a great start when Martin Keoghan opened the scoring with a point and Owen Wall followed up with a goal. It was a lesson for the home side who had coughed up easy ball in midfield and paid the price.
Shortly before that, Billy Ryan had a goal-chance but the Carlow defence crowded out the ball carrier and the opportunity was lost. Cian Kenny compensated for the Cats with two points from play.Dean Rock answers readers’ questions: Rule changes, balancing kids’ game time and moreThree points each from Chris Nolan and Marty Kavanagh kept Carlow in touch and at the interval Kilkenny led 1-11 to 0-9.
Possibly if Tom Phelan had found the net with seventeen minutes to go, the score would have settled Kilkenny but Brian Tracey, the Carlow ‘keeper, made a great point-block.
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