Fielding six of last year's All-Ireland winning side, St Patrick's, Navan, cruised into the quarter-finals after a comfortable victory at Pairc Tailteann yesterday. The defending champions scored some stylish points before Joe Sheridan netted the first goal after 16 minutes.

Leading 1-8 to 0-3 at the break St Patrick's wing back Ronan Conaty got the second goal six minutes after the restart.

ST PATRICK'S, NAVAN: S Murray; I Matthews, K Slattery, E O'Donoghue; P Quinn, R Kenny, R Conaty (1-0); D Sheridan, D O'Toole; P Treacy (0-3), S Stephens (0-1), J Friel (0-1); A Gillick (0-1), J Sheridan (1-5), S O'Connor (0-3). Subs: B Regan for D Sheridan, E Carroll (0-1) for Friel, D Curran for O'Connor, E Feeley (0-1) for Treacy, B Smith for Matthews.

SCOIL DHEAGLAIN: T Curtin; F Burns, K McMahon, S Mullan; F Delaney, N Kenney, D Byrne; I Franzoni (0-1), P O'Callaghan; M Moroney, J Noonan (0-3), B Daly; N Murray, S O'Toole (0-1), R Glynn. Subs: D Whelan for Moroney, D Dunbrell for Daly.

Referee: P Finnegan (Louth).