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Armagh took their first win at the weekend in their Lidl National Football League against Kildare.
Armagh manager Greg McGonigle was pleased with the way they bounced back from their opening round loss to Waterford to defeat Kildare by 0-13 to 0-9.
“I was disappointed not with our attitude, but we didn’t die with our boots on if you use that expression last week,” said McGonigle.
“Obviously today we did. We were a lot more compact, worked for each other and won a lot of second balls. Delighted to get the win and good to get a couple of points.”
Kelly Mallon led the way as last year’s league runners-up Armagh edged out a Kildare side who knocked them out of the championship last season.
She kicked five frees for an Armagh side who led by 0-7 to 0-4 at the break and they pushed on for victory despite Alannah Prizeman also shooting five frees for Kildare.
“We put a lot into last week,” said Kildare manager Pat Sullivan, whose side were held to a draw by a late Cork point on the opening weekend.
“Maybe there was a bit of a hangover from last week and we looked a bit tired at the end of it as well there. The performance last week was really, really good to be fair. The performance today in patches, for 45 minutes of that game, was good. There’s a lot of players learning their trade and it’s a learning zone for Division 1, and we’re trying to build that panel for further along the road for championship.”
