Louth hang on to bridgelong gap

Although only scoring once in the last 23 minutes, Louth held out to bridge a 16-year gap when advancing to the Leinster U21FC final at the expense of a fancied Offaly side at Navan’s Páirc Tailteann last night.

The Wee County outfit took control in the early stages with Peter Kirwan and William Woods putting over fine scores from play to lead 0-4 to 0-1 after 11 minutes.

Offaly’s cause was not helped by a couple of dreadful misses from frees by Anton Sullivan before the break, when the board 0-6 to 0-1.