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Meath 0-18 Carlow IT 0-12

Though the sides were level three times in the early stages with Cork’s Brian Hurley on target twice for the students, the county side then began to stamp their authority.

Points from David Bray and Cillian O’Sullivan (free) for the home side left two between them near the end of the first quarter but they enjoyed a better scoring return approaching the break, by which time they led by 0-10 to 0-7.