Meath 1-7 Offaly 1-6

Meath claimed their 12th Leinster MFC title after this narrow win over Offaly at TEG Cusack Park.

In a low scoring encounter the Royals held a 0-4 to 0-2 interval lead. A Liam Stafford goal gave Meath a 1-5 to 0-3 lead at the second water break.

Offaly began to dominate and a Pauric Robbins goal after 48 minutes along with two points from Jamie Guing levelled the game.

John McCarthy's side dug deep and points from Ruairi Kinsella and Frayne sealed a memorable win for the boys in Green and Gold.

The winners can now turn their attention to an All Ireland semi final date against Derry or Monaghan on Saturday July 10th.

Meath scorers: Eoghan Frayne 0-6, Liam Stafford 1-0, Ruairi Kinsella 0-1.

Meath: Meath: Billy Hogan; Ben Moran, Liam Kelly, Ben Donnelly; Adam McDonnell, Oisin Kelly, Ciaran Caulfield; Sean Emmanuel, Conor Gray; Mark Coffey, Ruairi Kinsella, Liam Stafford; Alan Bowden, Eoghan Frayne, John McDonagh. Subs: Aaron Murphy, Tomas Corbett, Oisin Keogh

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