Kildare manager Cian O'Neill usually subscribes to the one-game-at-a-time theory but he's not allowing this evening's Allianz FL Division 3 final versus Clare distract from their championship preparations.

With promotion to Division 2 already secured, O'Neill's focus is firmly on their Leinster SFC clash with Wexford on May 21st.

"It's an interesting one, from a coaching and management point of view," he pointed out to The Examiner.

"Of course, you want to win a league title. Any time there is silverware, especially national silverware, up for grabs you want to take that but it's also four weeks out from championship.

"It wouldn't be a clever thing to say that we are switching into championship mode after the league final if you have only four weeks.

"It would be different in Munster where you have an eight or nine-week gap.

"From a training perspective and from what we are doing with the players, it's very much championship focus now.

"We'll treat that league final with all the respect it deserves but we'll be training hard right up to it and through it."

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