Offaly are through to the last four of the Leinster U20 FC courtesy of a seven point quarter-final win over neighbours Westmeath in O'Connor Park today.

The Faithful County ran out 1-17 to 1-10 winners with Jack Darcy's stoppage time goal rounding off a satisfactory afternoon's work for the hosts.

The Damien Gavin managed Westmeath enjoyed a bright start to the contest and were 0-4 to 0-2 ahead at the end of the opening quarter.

The remainder of the first-half belonged to Offaly, however, and it finished with them 0-10 to 0-5 ahead.

The winners managed to keep their noses in front throughout the second-half before Darcy's strike put some daylight between the two teams.

The Lake County were forced to settle for a point from a 55^th minute penalty after Barry Rohan made a fine save while Brian Kavanagh, who finished with 1-4 overall, netted their goal in the second-half.

Cian Farrell and Cian Johnson hit 0-8 (all placed balls) and 0-4 respectively for the winners whose name now goes into tomorrow's draw, along with Dublin, Meath and Kildare, to determine the semi-final pairings.

Offaly - B Rohan; R Hynes, P Robilliard (0-1), A Bracken; J O'Brien, S Geoghegan, J Quinn; K Higgins, S Ibbotson; K McDermott, C Farrell (0-8, 7f, 1'45), D Wyer (0-1); C Johnson (0-4), C Dunne (0-1), S O'Brien (0-2, 1f). Subs: E Bennett for S Geoghegan, R Galbriath for D Wyer, J Darcy (1-0) for S O'Brien, A Delaney for S Ibbotson, S O'Brien for J O'Brien. 

Westmeath - J Nugent; E Bracken, G Carr, J Moran; C Dillon (0-2), E Nally, P Maxwell; A Loughlin (0-1), J Tumulty (0-1); D Reid (0-1), N Harte, J Maxwell; T Molloy, S Pettit (0-1), B Kavanagh (1-4). Subs: E Geraghty for J Nugent, B Treanor for J Moran, S Clinton for D Reid, K Regan for N Harte, R Forde for C Dillon.

Referee - P Maguire.

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