Ballyboden St Endas’ timing couldn’t have been better as they staged a late burst to claim their second Leinster title in four years in an attritional game in MW Hire O’Moore Park.

St. Patrick’s (Wicklow)3-10 Éire Óg (Carlow)2-11 (Aet)

Carlow were clearly the better team, but were helped run up a decent score by error-prone Kilkenny in Freshford.