Warwickshire have continued their winning ways in the first round of the Nicky Rackard Cup.

Last year's Lory Meagher Cup winners produced an impressive second-half display to overcome Louth on a scoreline of 3-19 to 1-16 in Dowdallshill today.

Tony Joyce's side repeated their Allianz HL Division 3A final victory over the Wee County when outscoring them by 2-10 to 0-7 in the second-half.

The first-half had finished with the sides tied at 1-9 apiece.

Shane Caulfield, Garry Lennon and Kelvin Magee netted the goals for the winners.

Full-forward David Kettle raised a green flag for a Louth side that lined out minus the services of the Arthur brothers.

Donegal, meanwhile, finished with 14 points to spare over Tyrone in Killyclogher.

Davin Flynn opened the scoring with a goal and it finished 1-26 to 1-12 in the Tir Chonaill side's favour.

Padraig McHugh registered a second-half goal for the Red Hands who trailed by 0-7 to 1-10 at the midway point.

At Inniskeen, Monaghan possessed too much firepower for Longford and enjoyed a convincing 4-19 to 2-10 success.

Eamonn Collins, Mark Treanor, Brian McGuigan and Tadhg Campbell raised green flags for the winners who led by 1-13 to 1-6 at the halfway stage.

Joe O'Brien found the back of the Monaghan net twice for the visitors.

Warwickshire - C Robbins; W Allen, D Bruen, M O'Regan; P Scally, P Hoban (0-4, 3f), D Kennedy; J Collins (0-1), P Uniacke (0-2); N Kennedy (0-1), D Nugent (0-5), N McKenna (0-5f); G Lennon (1-0), S Caulfield (1-1), K Magee (1-0). Subs: P Crehan for P Uniacke, T Kelly for M O'Regan, B Fallon for G Lennon, R Curley for D Kennedy, I Dwyer for K Magee.

Louth - S Hackett; S Kettle, M Wallace, M Lyons; F Joyce, R Byrne (0-2f), A McCrave; D Ryan (0-1), M Molloy; P Lynch (0-6, 4f), S Callan (0-2), S Connelly (0-2); J Crosbie (0-1), D Kettle (1-1), G Smyth (0-1). Subs: D O'Hanrahan for J Crosbie, J Martin for F Joyce.

Referee - J Clarke.

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Donegal - P Burns; P Doherty, C McDermott, S Gillespie; J Donnelly (0-1), D Cullen, C Matthewson (0-3); J Boyle, S McVeigh; D Coulter (0-13, 9f), D Flynn (1-5), B Lafferty; E McDermott, R McDermott (0-1), G Gilmore (0-2). Subs: K Campbell for E McDermott, G Browne for J Donnelly, C McDermott (0-1) for D Coulter, N Cleary for J Boyle.

Tyrone - C McElhatton; C McNally, R Devlin, P McHugh; L Devlin (0-1), S Donnelly, C Kearns (0-2); D Begley (0-1), C Cross; D Casey (0-7, 4f, 1'65), P O'Kelly, J Ferguson; A Kelly, R McKernan (0-1), B McGurk (1-0). Subs: J Kelly for R McKernan, P Daly for J Ferguson, T Morgan for C Cross, L Armstrong for P O'Kelly

Referee - K McGeeney.

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Monaghan - P Bermingham; J Guinan, K Crawley, B Flanagan; P Finnegan, P Treanor, M Murphy; M Treanor (1-3), A Kenny (0-1); C Boyle (0-2), F Rafter (0-5, 2f), C McNally (0-1); N Garland, E Collins (1-7), T Campbell (1-0). Subs: B McGuigan (1-0) for C McNally, C Power for C Boyle, S McNally for E Collins, P McGahon for M Murphy, C McAnespie for T Campbell.

Longford - E Daly; A Sheridan, E Kavanagh, J Casey; S Hannon, B Hanley, J Leonard; P Walsh (0-2), J Mulhern; C Kavanagh (0-1), D Connell, P Barden; K Murray, C Mullane (0-4, 3f), J O'Brien (2-3). Subs: PJ Masterson for J Mulhern, G Moore for E Kavanagh, S O'Brien for C Kavanagh, R O'Brien for P Barden, N O'Connor for J Leonard.

Referee - A Ferguson.

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