Cavan 1-10
Louth 1-9

Champions Cavan staged a late comeback to edge out Louth in last night's Leinster JFC quarter-final at Dundalk.

The Breffni boys scored four unanswered points per Barry Reilly (two), Paul Gorham and Ross Sheridan in the final quarter to turn a two-point deficit into a two-point lead. Jamie Califf replied with a late free to leave the minimum in it, but the visitors held on for the win.

Cavan got off to a flier when Chris Conroy netted after just 30 seconds, and they went on to lead by 1-3 to 0-4 at the break. But the Wee County fought back after the restart. A Cathal Bellew goal and a Sean Hand point propelled them into a 1-8 to 1-6 lead with 20 minutes remaining, but Cavan finished strongly.

Cavan - A O'Mara; J Morris, T Mooney, O Minagh; N Reilly, D Barkey, M Brady; M Leddy, R Sheridan (0-1); C Conroy (1-2), B Reilly (0-3), N Murray (0-2); D McVitty, D Hyland (0-1), C Madden. Subs: P Graham (0-1) for Mooney; M Argue for Madden; P Faulkner for Conroy; T Moore for Hyland.

Louth - J Flanagan; P Nixon, B Mulligan, K McLoughlin; G O'Hare, R Brennan, P Sheelan; S McCann (0-1), B Duffy; J Califf (0-3), S O'Hanlon (0-2), C Bellew (1-0); S Hand (0-1), E O'Connor (0-2), P Carrie. Subs: N Conlon for P Carrie, G Connolly for G O'Hare.

Referee - G McMahon (Dublin). Tweet

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