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Offaly recover to win

Offaly 3-15 Carlow 1-10: OFFALY proved a cut above Carlow at Dr Cullen Park on Saturday as they recovered from a shaky start…

Mon May 09 2011 - 01:00

Offaly 3-15 Carlow 1-10:OFFALY proved a cut above Carlow at Dr Cullen Park on Saturday as they recovered from a shaky start to eventually win by a comfortable 11-point margin.

Carlow’s Jack Murphy scored a goal within a minute, but Jason Sampson responded in the ninth minute and Offaly had too much for the home side .

OFFALY: C Clancy; S Connolly, S Gardiner, N Wynne; E Hayes, C Kiely (0-8, seven frees, one 65), S Óg Lyons; J O’Connor (0-1), C Mulrooney; P Geraghty (0-1, free), D Kelleher (0-1), T Geraghty (2-1); D Cleary, J Sampson (1-1), A Kelly (0-2). Subs: A Browne for Mulrooney (h-t); K Dunne for Cleary (42 mins), A Connolly for P Geraghty (52 mins), R Wynne for Kelleher (57 mins).

CARLOW: B Treacy; D Slye, P Doyle, G Bennett; B Nolan, D Corcoran, S Murphy; P Fortune (0-1), M Kavanagh (0-5, all frees); A Beaton, D Dalton (0-1), C Fenlon; J Murphy (1-2), R Smithers, P Shaw (0-1, free). Subs: M Malone for Slye, M O’Grady for Corcoran (both ht), C Wall for Fenlon (39 mins); J Byrne for Murphy (58 mins), C Dermody for Fortune (60 mins).

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Referee: E MacSuibhne (Dublin).

Kilkenny and Dublin now advance to the Leinster semi-final stage (scheduled for June 25th). They will be joined by the winners of the May 21st meetings of Offaly v Wexford and Laois v Westmeath.