O’Rourke’s perfect start

Louth 2-15 UCD 1-13

In a high-scoring O’Byrne Cup game played at Drogheda, the two accounted for all but six points of their side’s tally, Clarke, the county’s leading scorer in 2012, bagging 1-7.

Benefiting from John Heslin’s midfield play and Donal Kingston and Niall Kilroy’s scores, UCD fully deserved their early 1-2 to 0-2 lead, the goal coming from Kilroy after Sean Connor had denied Kingston.