St Senan's leave it late

St Senan's 1-10 Hospital-Herbertstown 1-8

St Senan's now play Athea in a play-off for the right to meet Newcastle West in the semi-final.

Meanwhile, Hospital-Herbertstown will be involved in a relegation play-off against Gerald Griffins.

St Senan's had the benefit of a third-minute goal from Dave Foley, but Hospital-Herberstown keptsnapping at them and at the halfway stage there was just two points in it, 1-5 to 0-6.

Paul Ryan increased St Senan's advantage, but a Diarmuid O'Sullivan goal on 33 minutes brought Hospital-Herbertstown back into contention. Five minutes later, a Colm Hickey point gave them the lead for the first time.

Both sides battled gamely to the finish and a share of the honours looked the likely outcome until those late scores from Lane and Ryan proved of immense value to St Senan's.

Scorers: St Senan's: D Foley 1-3, A Lane, P Ryan 0-3 each, J Carroll 0-1.

Hospital-Herbertstown: D O'Sullivan 1-1, B Fenton 0-3, A Burke, J McAuliffe, M O'Connell 0-1 each.