Carlow 5-11

Louth 3-15

Ross Dunphy scored a brace of goals as 14-man Carlow came from nine points down to pip Louth in a thrilling Leinster U20FC Group 3 encounter in Drogheda.

The Barrowsiders suffered a 1-10 to 2-19 defeat to Offaly in the opening round and looked to be facing another heavy defeat when goals from Leonard Gray, Sam Mulroy and Cian Callan propelled the hosts into a commanding 3-4 to 0-4 lead inside the first quarter. But Carlow hit back with a brace of quickfire goals to trail by just two points, 2-8 to 3-7, at the interval.

The visitors raised further green flags in the 33rd and 36th minutes to take the lead for the first time, 4-8 to 3-10, before Andrew Kehoe was sent off following an off-the-ball incident.

Louth appeared to have wrestled back control when points from Gerry Garland and Mulroy restored their lead, but Dunphy's second goal put the visitors 5-9 to 3-14 up before the outstanding Conor Crowley sealed the win with a superb late point. 

Carlow - J Rowan; D Fitzpatrick, J Keogh, T Roche; R Doyle (0-1), N Roche, J Moore; T Bric, A Kehoe (1-3); C Lomax, C Doyle, R Dunphy (2-0); R Kane (1-1), C Crowley (1-6, 0-3f, 0-2'45), C O'Doherty. Subs: D Ruth for N Roche, N Crowley for C O'Doherty, M Bambrick for D Fitzpatrick, C Doyle for R Kane.

Louth - A McGauley; A Connor, C O'Neill, M Lugoye; L Gray (1-0), E Keenan, L Jackson (0-1); C Grogan, F Malone (0-1); E McDaid, S Marry (0-2), G Garland (0-1); C Morgan (0-1), S Mulroy (1-8, 0-2f, 0-1'45), C Callan (1-1). Subs: R Levins for C O'Neill, C Keenan for M Lugoye, C Nicolson for S Marry, J Gallagher for C Grogan, J Kelly for C Callan.

Referee - B Tiernan.

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