Louth 1-10 Offaly 0-11: Offaly juniors followed their senior colleagues out of the Leinster championship in O'Connor Park last night.

David Bracken's 16th-minute goal helped Louth to lead by 1-5 to 0-6 at the break and a great performance by former Leinster player Colin Kelly, who scored five points from placed balls in the second period, sealed their semi-final spot.

LOUTH: S Connor; D Finnegan, D Shevlin, A Tinley; O Zambouglou, R Rooney, R Kelly (0-1); E Boyle, R Valentine; J Moroney (0-1), J O'Brien, D Boylan; D Connor (0-2), C Kelly (0-5), D Bracken (1-0). Subs: T Baylon (0-1) for Finnegan, P Kirk for O'Brien, K Courtney for Valentine, E Kelleher for Moroney.

OFFALY: C McNamara; M Grennan, S Casey, D Donoghue; P Sullivan, G Rafferty, B Malone; M Gorman, M Cole (0-1); J Quinn, D Egan, R Guinan (0-3), S Weir , A Mulhall (0-4), P Kinnarney (0-3). Sub: D Lowry for Weir.

Referee: S Carroll (Westmeath).