Louth punish lacklustre Longford

Louth 4-12 Longford 0-05, Pearse Park

An energetic Louth side comfortably accounted for a sluggish Longford at Pearse Park.

Eamon McEnaney's charges were certainly fired up for this encounter and led by 2-01 to 0-0 after just five minutes, with Adrian Reid and Shane Lennon the goalscorers.

Longford edged back on the restart, cutting the gap to eight points, however they failed to score in the closing 30 minutes as goals from Darren Clarke and Lennon confirmed Louth's semi-final qualification.