The second round of the Nicky Rackard Cup saw Longford, Mayo and Sligo win, while Warwickshire and Armagh couldn't be separated.

Longford came from nine points down at half-time, 0-5 to 0-14, to beat Monaghan by 2-16 to 1-17 at Inniskeen with Tipperary native David Buckley scoring both of their goals. The midlanders will welcome Armagh to Glennon Brothers Pearse Park for a winner-takes-all clash in two weeks' time.

In the other Group 1 game, the Orchard County conceded a late goal in drawing 1-21 to 2-18 with Warwickshire in Birmingham.

In Group 2, Sligo trumped Tyrone by 3-18 to 0-14 at Scarden, while Mayo were 3-23 to 1-13 winners over Louth in Castlebar.

Keith Raymond posted 0-8 and Kevin Gilmartin, Shane Crowley and Connor Griffin raised green flags in Sligo's win. Meanwhile, Shane Boland fired over 0-11 and Corey Scahill scored 2-2 as Mayo turned on the style in the second half to overwhelm Louth and put last weekend's surprise loss to Tyrone behind them.

Sligo - M Burke; J Weir, N Feehily, K O'Kennedy; K Banks (0-1), L Reidy, R McHugh; T O'Kelly Lynch (0-1), K Raymond (0-8, 6f); J Starr (0-2), C Griffin (1-0), B Shannon; S Crowley (1-2, 0-1f), K Gilmartin (1-0), G Cadden (0-2). Subs: G O'Kelly Lynch (0-1) for T O'Kelly Lynch, K Prior (0-1) for B Shannon, A Kilcullen for S Crowley, R Brennan for K Gilmartin, T Brennan for K O'Kennedy.

Tyrone - C McElhatton; S Muldoon, R Devlin, J Kerr; D Rafferty, C Kearns (0-1), D Begley; S Donaghy, C McNally; L Devlin, C Cross, T Morgan (0-2); M Mulgrew, D Casey (1-10, 1-6f), B McGurk (0-1). Subs: R McKernan for C Cross, J Ferguson for S Donaghy, B Gormley for L Devlin.

Referee - J Clarke.

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Mayo - S Leneghan; C Murray, C Daly, D Kenny; B Hunt, S Coyne, C Freeman (1-0pen); S Kenny (0-2), P Kiely; C Scahill (2-2), K Kiely, J Gallagher; S Boland (0-11, 7f, 1'65), S Regan (0-3), A Phillips (0-1). Subs: E Delaney (0-2) for A Phillips, K McDermott for K Kiely, C Henry for C Freeman, K Feeney (0-2) for P Kiely.

Louth - R Byrne; A Smith, M Lyons, P Challenger; G McKeown (0-1), J Martin, J McDonnell (0-1); D O'Hanrahan (0-1), P Fallon; F Joyce (0-1), J Costello, P Brennan (0-1); D Geoghegan (0-8, 7f), S Connelly (1-0), C Deane. Subs: S Hoey for R Byrne, D Kettle for P Fallon, S Kettle for G McKeown.

Referee - J Keane.

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