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Leinster MFC/Offaly 0-13 Meath 1-9: Offaly reached the Leinster minor football final after a dramatic finish at Cusack Park, …

Leinster MFC/Offaly 0-13 Meath 1-9: Offaly reached the Leinster minor football final after a dramatic finish at Cusack Park, Mullingar, on Saturday.

Three minutes of injury time were signalled, but Peter Daly blew up after two, which incensed Meath, already irked by Conor Staunton's dismissal.

Meath's Ciarán Kelly converted a penalty to level, 0-11 to 1-8, with eight minutes left, but Rory Connor scored the winning point five minutes later.

OFFALY: D Bracken; K Higgins, D Larkin, D Horan; J Knight (0-1), R Dalton (capt), G Grehan; C Mahon, R Connor (0-1); N Darby (0-1), P Duffy, J Gorman (0-1); W Mulhall (0-1), K Flannery (0-1), K Casey (0-6, 3f). Subs: G Treacy (0-1) for Gorman (42 mins), D Kavanagh for Mulhall (55), S Kidney for Flannery (59), B Kelly for N Darby (61).

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MEATH: J Ginnity; C O'Connor, P Brady, S Sheppard; P Howard, W Milner, D Reynolds; R O'Connor (capt), C Carney (0-1); C Staunton, C Kelly (1-6, goal a penalty, 0-4f), D Deveraux; D Reilly, S O'Rourke, B O'Hanlon. Subs: A Nestor for Reilly (42), A Farrell (0-2) for Deveraux (42), D Dalton for O'Hanlon (44), S Whelan for Carney (58).

Referee: P Daly (Westmeath).