BY JOHN FALLON
REIGNING champions Armagh will take on Kerry in this year’s Lidl National Football League Division 1 final at Croke Park on Saturday, April 12.
It will be a repeat of last year’s final with Kerry, the current TG4 All-Ireland champions, appearing in their third successive league final.
Armagh suffered their first defeat of the campaign when they went down by 1-22 to 1-12 away to Waterford.
Kerry sealed their place in the final when they edged out Meath by 0-13 to 1-8 in Tralee.
The relegation battle will go down to the final round of games next weekend with Tyrone, Kildare and Mayo battling to avoid the drop.
Mayo kept their survival hopes alive with a 3-4 to 0-12 win over Kildare in Swinford. Tyrone, who will play Kildare in the final round, went down by 1-11 to 3-4 to Dublin.
Mayo will travel to play Waterford in their final game, Kerry will host Dublin while their league final opponents Armagh will entertain Meath.
Results:
Dublin 1-11 Tyrone 3-4
Waterford 1-22 Armagh 1-12
Mayo 3-4 Kildare 0-12
Kerry 0-13 Meath 1-8
