Louth 1-13 Dublin 0-11 Louth advanced to the Leinster JFC final following a thrilling extra-time victory over All-Ireland champions Dublin at Haggardstown last night. The home side led by 1-6 to 0-3 at the interval thanks to Wayne Reilly's goal, but Dublin scored seven unanswered points after the restart to edge ahead. Louth, who were able to call on 11 members of Eamonn McEneaney's senior panel, regained the lead with two Kevin Rogers frees before a Brendan Kirby point sent the game to extra-time, 1-8 to 0-11. The impressive Derek Maguire and Hugh McGinn pointed Louth into a 1-10 to 0-11 lead at the end of the first period of extra-time before Maguire made it a three-point game straight after the restart. Dublin's hopes faded when Donnacha Reilly and Philip Reilly were both issued with straight red cards following the same incident, and Louth finished them off with scores from Rogers and McGinn to claim a place in the final against Longford. Louth - S Connor; T Costello, C Goss, K Moran; S Brennan, G Moran, P Nixon; R Brennan (0-1), D Delaney; C Rafferty (0-1), D Maguire (0-2), S McCann; K Rogers (0-4, 4f), H McGinn (0-5, 3f), W Reilly (1-0). Subs - N Conlon for Reilly (36); D Devenney for Rafferty (45); C Matthews for S Brennan (45); J Clarke for Delaney (55); J Fagan for McCann (66); N Mackin for R Brennan (75). Dublin - D Mitchell; D Hennessy, B Kirby (0-1), D Maher; D Gallagher, D Reilly, J Whelan (0-1); P Brennan, J McCarthy; J Collins, P Callaghan (0-1), K Fitzgerald (0-1); R Corcoran, D Rock (0-5, 2f, 1sl), N Collins (0-2). Subs - M Coughlan for Corcoran (29); G Bedford for Mitchell (30); L Prout for J Collins (42); P Kelly for Callaghan (71); E Culligan for Maher (74). Ref - P Daly (Westmeath). Tweet

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