Dubs open title defence with easy win over Carlow

Dublin began their defence of the Leinster Minor Football Championship with a facile 2-21 to 0-4 first round win over Carlow in Dr Cullen Park on Saturday.

The visitors struggled at times in the opening half although three Gavin Burke points helped them to a 0-7 to 0-1 interval lead with Chris Blake kicking Carlow’s solitary score from a 23th minute free.

Andrew Beaton landed two points for the hosts after the restart but Dublin soon began to pull clear thanks to three points apiece from dual players Conor McHugh and Cormac Costello.