Kildare minors beat Louth to round off perfect group stages

Electric Ireland Leinster MFC Round 3

Kildare 0-12

Louth 0-6

Kildare beat Louth to make it three wins from three in their Leinster Minor Football Championship so far.

The Lilies won both halves 0-6 to 0-3 and ran out comfortable winners in the end with both sides already qualified for the next round.

Best for the home side was Ruaidhrí Lawlor, who has been a shining light throughout this campaign so far. The Larries player notched 0-3 on the day and was superb all round against The Wee County.

Kildare, Ruaidhrí Lawlor 0-3, Brian Caffrey 0-2, Ronan Kelly 0-2 (0-1 frees), Harry Donnelly 0-1 (0-1 frees), Luke Murray 0-1, Liam Kenny 0-1, Tadhg Donlon 0-1, Evan Boyle 0-1.

Louth, Cillian McQuillan 0-2, Luke Keenan 0-1, Michael McGlew 0-1, Tadgh Devanny 0-1, Conor Clinton 0-1.

KILDARE: Conor McDonnell; Rian Beagan, Liam McDonald, Cian Cahill; Paddy Ryan, Finn Dowling, Liam Kenny; Evan Boyle, Ruaidhri Lawlor; Luke Murray, Ronan Kelly, Mick O'Toole; Brian Caffrey, Harry Donnelly, Tadhg Donlon. Subs: Austin Donegan for Mick O'Toole (Half-time), Dylan O'Dwyer for Luke Murray (42 minutes), Peter Fagan for Harry Donnelly (49 minutes), Adam Poole for Paddy Ryan (57 minutes), Oisín Molloy for Liam Kenny (59 minutes).

LOUTH: Senon Connolly; Shane McMahon, Ciaran Devine, Donnacha Skinnander; Conor Clinton, Ben McKeown, Michael McGlew; Tom Maguire, Michael O'Shaughnessy; Tadgh Devanny, Luke Keenan, Cillian McQuillan; Fionn Coyle, Andrew O'Reilly. Subs: Ruairi Carpenter for Shane McMahon (Half-time), Emmet Duffy for Tom Maguire (35 minutes), Brendan Cassidy for Joe Hanlon (42 minutes), Flynn Markey for Luke Keenan (54 minutes), Ryan Nugent for Andrew O'Reilly (56 minutes).

Referee: Seamus Farrelly (Dublin)