Duo the difference for Crokes

Kilmacud Crokes (DUB) 1-13 Newtown Blues (LH) 1-9

A late goal from Mark Vaughan and a brace of Brian Kavanagh points earned Kilmacud Crokes a hard-earned four-point Leinster SFC Quarter-Final win at Parnell Park today.

Newtown Blues almost booked a semi-final place after scoring 1-05 within a six-minute spell holding a 1-09 to 0-11 lead by the 53rd minute, thanks to a Hugh McGinn goal.

A wind-assisted Kilmacud Crokes had held a 0-09 to 0-03 interval lead, but found it tough in the second half, until Vaughan and Longford star Kavanagh rallied late to secure a semi-final berth.