Antrim, Kildare and Carlow were the winners on the opening day of action in Division 2A of the national hurling league.

The Glensmen carved out a 0-20 to 0-13 victory over London at Corrigan Park, while Kildare claimed an exciting 1-18 to 1-15 win against Armagh in the Athletic Grounds and Carlow pipped Westmeath in an entertaining all-Leinster affair at Mullingar.

Antrim and London shared the first eight points before Conor McKinley gave the hosts a 15^th-minute lead that they would not relinquish and further scores from Ciaran Clarke (2), Conor McCann, and Conor Johnston helped them into a 0-9 to 0-6 interval lead.

In Armagh, Jack Sheridan's last-minute goal saw Kildare over the line, while Seamus Murphy's 47^th-minute major was the decisive score for Carlow as they recorded a rare win in Cusack Park. The Lake County had wind advantage in the first half and led by 1-8 to 0-7 at the break.

Antrim - C O'Connell; S Rooney, J Dillon, Ciaran Johnston; S McCrory, O McFadden, C McKinley (0-2); E Campbell, D McKernan; P McGill, C McCann (0-3), N McKenna (0-2); C Clarke (0-9, 7f), P Shiels (0-1), Conor Johnston (0-1). Subs: D Murphy (0-2) for D McKernan, C Carson for P Shiels, M Connolly for P McGill, N McAuley for J Dillon.

London - E Kelly (0-2f); T Lawrence, O Gately, M Conroy; S Griffey, P Horkan, N Rogers; B Regan (0-1), E Cooney; O Shiel, S Bardon (0-7, 5f, 1'65), D Roberts; A Murphy (0-1), T Kelly, S O'Donnell. Subs: P Uniacke (0-1) for S Griffey, A Griffiths for B Regan, J Kelly for T Lawrence, C Kerr (0-1) for E Cooney, M Coady for O Shiel.

Referee - M Murtagh.

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Kildare - P Dermody; C Forde, J Doran, M Reidy; S Gainey, M Moloney, N O Muineachain; R Bergin, D Stapleton (0-1); C Bonus, P Moran (0-1), D Reidy (0-6, 3f); J Sheridan (1-2), B Byrne (0-2), J Mulhall (0-6). Subs: M Purcell for P Moran, R Ryan for C Bonus, G Johnston for D Stapleton.

Armagh - S Doherty; C Clifford, A McGuinness, D Bridges; J Corvan, S Gaffney, T Nevin; N Curry (0-3, 2f), S Renaghan; P McKearney, C Corvan (0-3), D Carvill (0-2); D Magee (1-5, 0-3f), R Gaffney (0-1), C Carvill (0-1f). Sub: C Gorman for D Magee.

Referee - J Keane.

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Carlow - B Treacy; D Wall, P Doyle, G Bennett; S Whelan (0-1), D English, R Coady; K McDonald (0-1f), J Kavanagh; M Kavanagh (0-1), P Coady (0-6, 5f, 1'65), E Byrne (0-1); C Nolan, J M Nolan (0-2), C Wall. Subs: S Murphy (1-0) for C Nolan, D Byrne for K McDonald, D Murphy (0-1f) for P Coady.

Westmeath - S McGovern; S Power, T Doyle, A McGrath; A Craig, A Clarke, C Shaw; J Boyle, G Greville; N Mitchell (1-0), D McNicholas (0-1f), E Price (0-2); R Greville, A Devine (0-6, 4f, 1'65), D Clinton. Subs: J Galvin for A McGrath, K Doyle (0-2) for D McNicholas, D Egerton for D Clinton.

Referee - J O'Brien.

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