Carlow qualified to meet Dublin in the semi-finals of the Leinster Vocational Schools senior football championship with this victory in an entertaining match at Dr Cullen Park yesterday.

The decisive score came eight minutes from time when Shane Hennessey took a delivery from Cathal Cole to crash the ball to the net to give his side a four-point advantage.

Offaly hurling manager Babs Keating has selected an experimental side for the Oireachtas Cup match against Galway at Birr on Sunday, with some of the experienced players - Kevin Kinahan, Hubert Rigney, John Troy and Billy Dooley - blended with those on the fringes of the panel.