GLEN EMMETS 3-12

CONAHY SHAMROCKS 1-4

Louth champions Glen Emmets eased into the next round of the Leinster Junior Club Championship thank to a 14-point win over Conahy Shamrocks in Kilkenny on Saturday afternoon.

The Tullyallen men started slowly and conceded an early goal but they soon found their rhythm and dominated the remainder of the contest to run out comfortable winners.

The Kilkenny side opened the scoring with a goal after just two minutes, but their  joy was short lived as Damien Grimes responded with a three-pointer at the other end to settle his team.

The visitors went ahead through a Ronan Grufferty score before Keelan O'Neill added a second goal on 14 minutes to make it 2-1 to 1-0 and by the time they reached the break the lead was 2-4 to 1-3.

The home side offered little resistance in the second half as Glen Emmets cruised to victory. Mark Garvey struck for the third goal on 46 minutes while James Butler, Keith Boylan and Grufferty added points.

GLEN EMMETS: Fergus Barnett; Evan English, Keith Boylan 0-1; Niall Hackett, Andrew Mooney 0-1, Stephen Healy, Ronan Carr; Mark Garvey 1-0, Ronan Grufferty 0-4; David Bracken, Ian Cusack, James Butler 0-4; Keelan O'Neill 1-1, Sean Byrne, Damien Grimes 1-1. Subs: J Farrelly for S Healy, R Byrne for M Garvey, D Johnson for I Cusack, B Hilliard for K O'Neill, J Farnan for A Mooney, A McGrane for D Grimes.

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