Louth 1-10 Tipperary 0-9: Louth continued their winning ways by defeating 14-man Tipperary at Semple Stadium yesterday. Tipperary missed two goal chances, from Declan Browne and Benny Hickey, and trailed 1-5 to 0-4 at the interval.

A John O'Brien goal in the 21st minute gave Louth a four-point lead. Tipp responded with three points from Declan Browne but Louth's Aaron Hoey, Jamie Carr, and Mark Stanfield restored their four-point advantage.

Three Browne frees cancelled out Hoey and Darren Clarke efforts before Tipp's Mark Peters was dismissed for a second yellow card. Louth finished with points from Mark Brennan, John O'Brien and Trevor O'Brien.

LOUTH: S Reynolds; D Brennan, C Goss, J Carr (0-1); S Gerrard, J Kermath, J Neary; M Stanfield (0-1), P Keenan; C Grimes, M Brennan (0-1), J O'Brien (1-1); JP Rooney, A Hoey (0-3), D Clarke (0-3). Subs: M Farrelly for J Kermath; S Lennon for D Clarke; T O'Brien (0-1) for M Stanfield; B White for C Grimes; R Carroll for JP Rooney.

TIPPERARY: P Fitzgerald; A Foley, P King, A Morrissey; M Peters, R Costigan, C Maher; E Hanrahan, A Fitzgerald; B Lacey, D Browne (0-7), B Mulvihill; B Coen, B Hickey, D O'Brien (0-1). Subs: G Burke for B Coen; P Austin for B Mulvihil; G Hannigan (0-1) for C Maher;

Referee: M Daly (Mayo).