Dublin look to be the team to beat in this year's Leinster MFC after hammering Longford 6-12 to 0-5 in a woefully one-sided quarter-final at Parnell Park.

Having come back from the dead to beat Meath in the first round after extra-time, the young Dubs had this one won from a long way out with Ross McGarry (two), Adam Byrne, James Madden, James Doran and Sean Hawkshaw raising the green flags. 

Longford's defensive set-up worked in the opening 14 minutes when they held Dublin scoreless, but the hosts eventually wore them down as they hit 1-5 without reply to take a 1-6 to 0-1 lead into the interval, with McGarry fisting home the only goal of the half in the 24th minute.

The second half turned out to be a turkey shoot with Dublin doing as they pleased to reach the last-four in some style.

Dublin - D O'Hanlon; D Maher, P O Cofaigh Byrne, L Flatman; K Kennedy, N Matthews, E O'Dea (0-2); D Ryan, M Tracey; N O'Leary (0-2), J Doran (1-2), D Conlon (0-1); C Archer, S Hawkshaw (1-1), R McGarry (2-2). Subs: A Byrne (1-1) for N O'Leary, K Lynch Bissett for D Conlon, D Lacey (0-1) for C Archer, G Nangle for K Kennedy, D Deneher for E O'Dea, J Madden (1-0) for S Hawkshaw.

Longford - J Fox; E Keogh (0-1f), G Flynn, K Gilmore; N Farrelly, PJ Masterson, C McKeon; P Molloy, C Reilly; J Hagan (0-1), S Farrell (0-1), R O'Connell (0-1); D Farrell (0-1f), K Kenny, D O'Brien. Subs: P Duggan for C McKeon (BC), A McGuire for D O'Brien, J McCormack for P Duggan, C McElligott for K Kenny, R Claffey for C Reilly, M Brady for R O'Connell.

Referee - S Mulhare.

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