Louth 4-16
Wexford 0-8

Louth recovered from a sluggish start to hammer Wexford in Saturday's Cadbury Leinster U21FC opener at Dundalk.

The visitors scored the first two points, but the Wee County never looked back after Derek Maguire's fifth minute goal gave them the lead for the first time. Louth tagged on several points before Paraic Smith hit a second goal to ease them into a 2-9 to 0-4 lead at the break.

The second half was even more one-sided as Louth cruised to a quarter-final meeting with holders Dublin. The home side were awarded two penalties, both of which were successfully converted by Jim McEneaney, son of former senior manager and Monaghan star Eamonn.

Louth - C Lynch; P Bannon, D Byrne, M Woods; J Craven, L Shevlin, J Clarke (0-1); C O'Hanlon (0-1), J Califf (0-2, both frees); A McDonnell, J McEneaney (2-3, two pens, three frees), D Maguire (1-1); K Rogers (0-4, two frees), P Smith (1-1), N Conlon (0-1). Subs: B O'Hare (0-1) for McDonnell (49 mins), D O'Connor for Maguire (50 mins), S McCann (0-1) for McEneaney (52 mins), D Moloney for Shevlin (54 mins), M Rogers for Califf (55 mins).

Wexford - M Roche; J Breen, C Lane, M Furlong; A OBrien, PJ Carroll, P Kelly (0-1); A Shore (0-1), J Leacy; C Carty (0-1, free), M ORegan, R Dunne; K OGrady (0-4, two frees), S Gaule, J O'Grady. Subs: M Crowdle for Breen (26 mins), K Keogh for Dunne (30 mins), T Foley (0-1) for Lane (38 mins), A Jones for J O'Grady (44 mins), A Coman for O'Regan (50 mins).

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