KILDARE v WICKLOW
They meet in the Leinster championship for the first time since 2019 when Kildare won a first round game by two points.
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2019: Kildare 0-15 Wicklow 1-10 (Leinster first round)
2011: Kildare 0-12 Wicklow 0-5 (Leinster first round)
2009: Kildare 1-16 Wicklow2-9 (All-Ireland qualifiers)
2008: Wicklow 0-13 Kildare 0-9 (Leinster first round)
2005: Kildare 1-17 Wicklow 2-12 (Leinster first round)
*Kildare are having their first outing in this yearโs championship, having finished fifth in Division 2 (three wins, four defeats).
*Wicklow (Division 4 runners-up) beat Carlow in the Leinster first round (2-12 to 0-10) on the weekend before last. Eoin Darcy was their top scorer on 1-2.
*Wicklowโs last win over Kildare in the Leinster championship was in the 2008 first round.
*The winners will play Dublin or Laois in the Leinster semi-final on April 30.
MEATH v OFFALY
They last met in the Leinster championship in 2019 when Meath won a first-round game by 1-13 to 0-14 in Pairc Tailteann.
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2019: Meath 1-13 Offaly 0-14 (Leinster first round)
2010: Meath 1-20 Offaly 2-7 (Leinster first round)
2000: Offaly 0-13 Meath 0-9 (Leinster quarter-final)
1999: Meath 1-13 Offaly 0-9 (Leinster semi-final)
1998: Meath 3-10 Offaly 0-7 (Leinster quarter-final)
*Meath are having their first championship outing of 2023, having finished sixth in Division 2 (two wins, one draw, four defeats).
*Offaly, who finished fifth in Division 3, beat Longford 1-12 to 1-11 in the Leinster first
round last Sunday week. Peter Cunningham was Offalyโs top scorer on 1-1.
*Colm OโRourke is facing into his first championship game as Meath manager 47 years after making his senior championship debut as a player. That was against Wicklow in the Leinster first round, played in Croke Park in May 1976. He scored three points in Meathโs 2-13 to 1-10 win in Croke Park.
*Offaly are bidding to reach the Leinster semi-final for the first time since 2007.
*The winners will play Louth or Westmeath in the Leinster semi-final. They last met in the Leinster championship in 2019 when Meath won a first-round game
by 1-13 to 0-14 in Pairc Tailteann.
LOUTH v WESTMEATH
They meet in the Leinster championship for the first time in eight years, with Westmeath having won the last clash by seven points in the Leinster first round in 2015.
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2015: Westmeath 3-14 Louth 0-16 (Leinster first round)
2014: Louth 1-14 Westmeath 1-9 (Leinster 1st round)
2012: Westmeath 1-15 Louth 0-12 (Round 1 qualifier)
2012: Louth 2-9 Westmeath 0-14 (Leinster 1st round)
2010: Louth 1-15 Westmeath 2-10 (Leinster semi-final)
*Both sides are having their first outing of the 2023 championship. Louth finished third in Division 2 (four wins, three defeats) while Westmeath finished fourth in Division 3 (four wins, three defeats).
*Westmeath are bidding to reach the Leinster semi-final for a third successive year; Louth were last there in 2010.
*The winners will play Meath or Offaly in the Leinster semi-final on April 30.
