Allianz League wrap: Kildare go top of Division 2A as Carlow get off the mark

Kildare maintained their 100% record in Division 2A of the Allianz Hurling League with a 2-23 to 0-19 victory over Derry at Owenbeg.

Brian Byrne's early goal helped the Lilies into six-point half-time lead, and the gap hovered around that point until late on, when Killian Aherne buried their second major of the afternoon.

James Burke top scored for Kildare with 10 points as they joined on six points.

Carlow picked up their first win of the campaign, seeing off Down by 5-24 to 0-19 at Netwatch Cullen Park.

Paddy Boland set them on their way with a goal inside five minutes, and when the St Mullins man found the net for their second on the stroke of half time, Carlow were cruising.

Down needed some majors of their own but instead Boland would complete his hattrick just before the hour mark to kill off any hopes of a comeback for the Ulstermen.

Boland wasn't finished yet as he smashed home his - and Carlow's - fourth goal after being set up by James Doyle, and Doyle would get in on the act himself with their fifth goal in the last five minutes.

Tyrone and Wicklow picked up their second victories of their respective 2B campaigns as they both moved onto four points.

The Red Hand were far too strong for Sligo, emerging 2-15 to 0-11 winners at Markievicz Park. They goalled in either half with Lorcan Devlin and Bryan McGurk finding the net.

For the Garden County, it was similarly comfortable as they saw off London by 0-23 to 0-14 at Aughrim. The hosts trailed by five points at one stage of the first half, but they would outscore the Exiles by 0-15 to 0-03 after the break.

In 3A Monaghan overcame Louth by 1-19 to 1-15 to go top of the table. Armagh are second after they pipped Mayo by a point - 2-16 to 0-21, while Fermanagh and Roscommon co