Kilmessan cope best with the conditions

Kilmessan (Meath)... 0-8 Pearse Og (Louth)..

Kilmessan (Meath) ... 0-8 Pearse Og (Louth) ... 0-5 A scoreless final 23 minutes of this opening round AIB Leinster club hurling championship in Dundalk tells the story of how difficult conditions were for both sides.

Kilmessan headed their Louth neighbours by 0-7 to 0-3 at the break. Kilmessan's Ger O'Neill was red-carded on 38 minutes and Pearse Óg's Paul Sharkey received a second yellow on 54 minutes.

KILMESSAN: M Brennan; P McGovern, J Horan, J Battersby; P McKenna, D Donnelly, A Kenna; A O'Neill (0-2), N Horan (0-4, 1f); G O'Neill, P Reynolds (0-1), M Reilly; L Maguire, E O'Brien, J McGuinness (0-1). Subs: R Donnelly for L Maguire (50 mins); M Dennehy for A Kenna (57 mins).

PEARSE ÓG: S Smith; D Mulholland, P Larkin, Martin Myles A; S Conroy, G Hoey, N Callan; D Callan, S McDonagh (0-3, 2f); M Boland, Martin Myles, C Lavery (0-1), A Callan, P Sharkey, G Brodigan. Subs: P Callan (0-1) for G Hoey (half-time); S Callan for G Brodigan (half-time); J O'Brien for Martin Myles B (54 mins); M Reid for C Lavery (58 mins).

Referee: D O'Donovan (Dublin)

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