Teen super sub Burns makes the grade

Louth 1-14 Westmeath 1-9

Ryan Burns is preparing for his Leaving Cert in a few weeks but on an evening when both sides were burdened with expressing themselves, the youngster from the Hunterstown Rovers club came on as a sub, got one chance and buried it.

Neither side had won a league game but Louth will now head to a Croke Park date with Kildare with a small spring in their step after finally winning a game, but another painful post-mortem is under way in Westmeath, who have now lost all 11 competitive games this year under Paul Bealin.