Leinster MFC Semi-finals Offaly 2-5 Dublin 0-10Offaly's minor footballers have joined their seniors in a Leinster final as a result of a narrow victory over Dublin at Portlaoise last night.

An Offaly goal in the 21st minute gave them a 1-2 to 0-3 lead, Shane Ryan getting Dublin's points. Ken Casey added an Offaly point in the 25th minute but points by Niall Coughlan and Cathal Morley left Dublin trailing 0-5 to 1-3 at half-time.

A minute into the final quarter a brilliant Offaly goal by Casey put them ahead by 2-5 to 0-7. Dublin rallied in the final quarter and points from Barry O'Rourke, Shane McCann and Coughlan narrowed the margin to a single point.

Although Offaly failed to add to their tally, they held on to qualify for their second successive final.

OFFALY: B Quinlan; B Lonergan, D Hales, S Pender; G Ward, D Horan, J Knight; N Geraghty, R Brady; J Gorman, D Currams, B Kelly; W Mulhall (1-0), N Dunne, K Casey (1-5). Subs: C Egan for B Kelly, W Mangan for N Dunne, C Minihan for N Geraghty.

DUBLIN: J Mooney; J Cooper, A Keaney, C Connolly; C McIntyre, K Nolan, C Guckian; C O'Sullivan, S Ryan (0-3); P O'Connor, N Coughlan (0-2), C Morley (0-1); D Kelly (0-1), G McCann (0-1), P Andrews. Subs: B O'Rourke (0-1) for P O'Connor, C O'Donovan (0-1) for D Kelly, H Gill for A Keaney, T Furman for C Morley.

Referee: G McKenny (Louth).