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Thomastown (Kilkenny) 2-13 Rathmolyon (Meath)1-7

Intermediate outfit Rathmolyon led 0-3 to 0-2 after 10 minutes.

But Michael Donnelly hit six points for Thomastown, who led by 0-8 to 0-4 at the break. With captain JJ Farrell leading by example, they increased the advantage to six points before Gary Cole blasted a Rathmolyon penalty to the net after 57 minutes.