Alan Smith has had a dig at those who claim Kildare's forwards aren't up to scratch.

All of the Lilywhites' starting forwards scored on Saturday night as the Lilywhites eased past Cork at Thurles and Smith points out that Jason Ryan's men have been going well since their Leinster semi-final defeat:

"Since the Dublin game we've been going very well," he states in The Irish Times. "Probably nothing is being said about us but we know we've been ticking away nicely.

"A good win against Offaly - it was all about getting over the line after the Dublin game. If we needed to compete [against Cork], we needed to put in a good performance against Longford and we did that.

"We racked up a big score for a team that apparently has no forwards. Again we racked up 1-21 against a very good Cork side."

As for the stunning victory over the Rebels, he adds: "The turnaround after the provincial finals, we were there ourselves a couple of years ago.

"It's hard to get up for it. It looked like they put everything into the Kerry game, especially the first day. They probably should have won it. The second day, conditions were tough and it is a quick turnaround."

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