St Mullin's (Carlow) ... 1-9 Lough Lene Gaels (Westmeath) ... 1-6 A scoring burst of 1-4 without reply in the opening 10 minutes of the second half put St Mullin's of Carlow in charge against Westmeath champions Lough Lene Gaels at Dr Cullen Park, Carlow, yesterday. But in an exciting finish St Mullin's outscored their opponents 0-2 to 0-1 to book a home second-round meeting with the Dublin kingpins.

ST MULLIN'S: P Fenlon; E McDonald, T Doyle, M Kehoe; R Dreelan, S O'Shea, A Ralph; D Kavanagh (0-1), Paddy Coady; W Coady (0-1), Pat Coady (0-6), S Gahan; D Doyle (0-1), M Ryan (1-0), P Kehoe. Subs: D Murphy for P Kehoe, J Coady for Paddy Coady.

LOUGH LENE GAELS; M Broidy; S Murtagh, M Murtagh, M Kennedy; B Williams, C Murtagh, C Williams; G Briody, M McNichoals (1-3); D Cunningham, J Gavigan (0-1), F O'Farrell; D Carty (0-2), J Kennedy, J O'Connor. Subs: P WIlliams for O'Connor, J Williams for Carty, D McNicholas for M Kennedy.

Referee: A Stapleton (Laois)