NFL Division Two B/Louth 4-11 Waterford 0-5: Louth ensured Division One status next season as they cruised to victory at rain-lashed Dungarvan yesterday, the game having been switched from Walsh Park on Saturday morning.

Waterford made the better start with a brace of points, and Louth waited 15 minutes for their opening score, a Darren Clarke point from a free. But they took the lead four minutes later, one they never relinquished, when Mark Brennan goaled.

LOUTH: S Reynolds; D Brennan, C Goss, B Reilly; J O'Brien, P McGinnity, J Neary; M Farrelly (0-1), P Keenan (0-1); C Grimes (1-2), M Brennan (1-1), S Lennon; JP Rooney (0-1), A Hoey (0-3), D Clarke (1-2). Subs: R Carroll (1-0) for Lennon, D Finnegan for D Brennan, S O'Neill for Grimes, D Bracken for M Brennan, J Doyle for Neary.

WATERFORD: T Wall; E Rockett, L Hurney (0-1), S Briggs; J Phelan, M Ahern, J Hurney; P Ogle, A Ahearne; J Ryan (0-1), K O'Keeffe (0-2), S Cunningham; B Wall (0-1), G Hurney, L Ó Lionáin. Subs: P Foley for Ogle, P Power for B Wall, A Heffernan for Ryan.

Referee: M Meade (Limerick).