Wexford 3-11 
Longford 0-12

Wexford advanced to the Leinster JFC decider with an eight point win over Longford in Pearse Park.

The visitors satrted well and were 0-4 to 0-2 ahead approaching the quarter hour mark, but Longford rallied and trailed by just a point at the interval, 0-6 to 0-7.

Three second half goals killed the game with Kevin Rowe getting all of the majors. His first came after 40 minutes with the second two minutes later killing the game as a contest, before a late third which was hard on a gallant Longford side.

Wexford - A Masterson; P O'Keeffe (0-1), J Rossiter, R Vallejo (0-1); P Curtis, J Breen, G Carty; J Carty, J White; N Harney (0-5, 4f), E Kent, N Roche; C Redmond (0-2), K Rowe (3-0), C Sinnott. Subs: S Gaul (0-1) for G Carty, D Murphy (0-1) for N Roche, L Devereux for C Redmond, R Devereux for R Vallejo.

Longford - G Higgins; B Devine, A Farrell, T Gallagher; M Gorman, E Macken, P Farrell; F Sheridan (0-1), C Quaine; V Hourican (0-1), D Gallagher (0-5, 2f, 1'45), N Rabbitte; L Moran (0-2, 1f), C Shields, P Kiernan (0-3). Subs: S Lynch for N Rabbitte, R Smyth for M Gorman, S Donohoe for P Farrell, G Kelly for V Hourican, K Moran for E Macken, R Duffy for F Sheridan.

Referee - D Moore.

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