A round-up of Saturday's matches,,,,
Dublin 4-15, Louth 0-5
Dublin cruised to a quarter-final showdown with Laois with a crushing 22-point win over Louth in Drogheda on Saturday night.
Darragh Stapleton fisted home their opening goal inside the first minute.
The Dubs led 1-7 to 0-2 at the break and Fergal Walsh’s goal opened up a 2-12 to 0-4 advantage midway through the second half. Cormac Diamond and Conor O’Brien netted further goals for Dublin in the closing stages.
SCORERS: Dublin:F Walsh 1-2, C Diamond 1-2, D Stapleton 1-2, C O'Brien 1-1, G Sweeney 0-3, P Hudson 0-3 (two frees), C Reddin 0-1 (45); C Carr 0-1
Louth: E O'Neill 0-3 (one free), S Devin 0-1, B Hamilton 0-1.
Meath 0-18 Offaly 1-11(aet, 0-11 to 1-8 after normal time)
Meath repeated last year’s Leinster final victory over Offaly after a late point by Harrison Silke sent Saturday night’s tussle in Navan into extra time.
It was Silke’s sixth point from play in a dramatic finish to the hour in which Meath full back Ciaran Lenehan and Offalys Anton Sullivan were sent off. Offaly trailed 0-2 to 0-8 at the interval but substitute Mark Young’s goal put them back into contention.
Meath: H Silke 0-6, L Tolan 0-3, P McKeever 0-2, D Carroll 0-2 (frees), B Menton, E Boyle, C Devereaux, S Tobin, S Gillespie 0-1 each.
Offaly: M Young 1-1, G Guilfoyle 0-2, B Allen 0-2 (one free), A Sullivan 0-2, D Scanlon 0-2 (two frees), R Leavy 0-1, M Brazil 0-1 (free) .
Laois 3-10 Longford 1-13
Laois overcame the handicap of having two players, Shane Murphy and Emmet Malone, sent off as they pipped Longford at Pearse Park.
Goals from Barry Kelly and James Finn put Laois 2-1 to 0-2 ahead but Darren Quinn’s goal from a penalty had Longford level by the interval.
Shane McAuley scored Laois’s third goal and though Longford rallied, late points from Brendan Hickey and Damien O’Connor saw Laois home.
Laois: B Kelly 1-5, three frees, J Finn 1-1, S McAuley 1-1, E Malone 0-1 (45), B Hickey 0-1, D O'Connor 0-1.
Longford: D Quinn 1-6 (1-0 pen, four frees), C Quaine 0-4 (one free), B Crawford 0-1 (free), M Quinn 0-1, T Kelly 0-1.
Kildare 4-19 Wicklow 0-5
Kildare won their first Leinster minor football championship match in five years in some style at Aughrim.
Classy centre forward Paul Cribbin (1-2) was the ring-master for the Lily Whites while in a forward line in which all six players got their names on the scoresheet, corner forward Darrock Mulhall and full forward Padraig Fogarty also made huge contributions, each scoring 1-5. Goals from Mulhall and Cribbin Kildare helped Kildare lead 25 to 0-1 after 13 minutes.
Kildare: P Fogarty 1-5, D Mulhall 1-5, P Cribbin 1-2, S Hurley 0-4, K Fitzpatrick 1-0, T Moolick, C Reynolds P Cocoman (0-1 each).
Wicklow:Tommy Kelly 0-3, Kevin Byrne 0-1, Conor McGraynor 0-1.
Westmeath 1-15 Carlow 1-6
Westmeath proved too strong for a game Carlow side at Dr Cullen Park.
Westmeath led 0-5 to 0-3 at the interval but with Carlow conceding scoreable frees, the visitors’ full forward Eoin Gorman and midfielder John Heslin took full advantage from the placed balls.
Kevin Reilly’s goal in the 46th minute helped Westmeath ease 1-9 to 0-4 in front. Daryl Roberts’s goal gave Carlow hope but the visitors held out.
Westmeath: E Gorman 0-6 (two frees), K Reilly 1-1, J Heslin 0-3 (three frees), C McCormack 0-2, J Culley 0-2, W Fox 0-1.
Carlow:D Roberts 1-2, D Foley 0-1 (free), S Smith, E Fitzgerald, N Humphries (0-1 each).
Wexford 3-19 Kilkenny 0-5
Wexford had far too much firepower for outclassed Kilkenny at Nowlan Park. A well-taken goal from Brendan Halpin helped Wexford into an early 1-3 to 0-1 lead.
Kilkenny trailed 1-9 to 0-1 at half-time and aside from a four- minute spell during which the hosts picked off three points, Wexford were rampant. Jonathan Bealin and Declan Murphy netted late second-half goals for the visitors.
Wexford: D Murphy 1-3 (one free), J Bealin 1-1, B Halpin 1-1, D McDonald 0-4, M Fanning 0-3 (two frees), G Cullen 0-2, M Roche, B Leacy, M O'Regan, A Nolan, B Doyle (0-1 each).
Kilkenny: W Walsh 0-2 (two frees), E Walsh 0-2 (one free), N O'Donnell 0-1.
