Skryne 0-12 Castletown 0-10:MEATH KINGPINS Skryne went into their Leinster quarter-final at Páirc Tailteann as favourites but they had to work very hard in order to advance to get the better of their Wexford opponents.

Castletown went in to a three-point lead in the opening seven minutes. County goalkeeper Anthony Masterson, who fills an attacking role for his club, fired them ahead from a 45.

The advantage was increased when James Holmes raced down the middle before getting on target and corner-back Conor Carty moved upfield to slot over a close-in free.

Ian Davis got Skryne on the board with a well-taken shot after eight minutes and the same player shot two points inside the last five minutes to book a place in the province’s last four.

Skryne recovered from the shaky start to edge into a 0-7 to 0-6 interval lead. Two points from Masterson enabled the Wexford champions edge into a 0-9 to 0-8 lead at the start of the last quarter.

Kevin Mulvaney drew the sides level for the fifth time and after throwing on three substitutes in the space of a minute, Skryne found that bit extra with two white flag efforts by Davis bringing his afternoon’s total to five points.

SKRYNE: F O’Rourke; A Curry, D Beaton, M Jordan; J Looby, C Lenehan, J Hegarty; A Tuite, D McGoldrick (0-1); P O’Rourke (0-1, 45), T Giles, I Davis (0-5, two frees); K Mulvaney (0-3), B Byrne (0-1), M Battersby (0-1). Subs: B Davis for Byrne (44 mins), V O’Reilly for Looby (55 mins), J Quinn for Hegarty, P Fox for Battersby (both 56 mins).

CASTLETOWN: R Farrell; N Morris, C Carty (0-2, two frees); C Molloy, C Morris, D Gardiner; T Sheehy, J Foley (0-1); G Sunderland, J Holmes (0-1), J O’Shaughnessy (0-2); J Lannigan, A Masterson (0-4, one 45), B Halpin. Subs: E Condren for Lannigan (43 mins), A Merrigan for Gardiner (55 mins), K Morris for Holmes (60 mins).

Referee: P Fox (Westmeath).