Wexford 2-11
Carlow 0-9

Wexford eliminated neighbours Carlow from the Leinster MFC thanks to an eight-point victory in last night's losers' group clash at Wexford Park.

After an evenly contested opening quarter, Paudie Barden shot two points to push the hosts into a 0-6 to 0-3 lead before Eoin Roche's 23rd minute goal put daylight between the sides for the first time, and helped the winners to a 1-8 to 0-3 lead at the break.

The game was ended as a contest five minutes after the restart when Donal Shanley converted a penalty after Barden had been fouled. Carlow rallied with scores from Shane Noonan and Diarmuid Walshe, but finished the game with 14 men after James McGrath was red-carded in the 47th minute.

Wexford - D Cloke; D Redmond, J Rossiter, J Reville; N Rossiter, G Staples, J McDonald; N Hughes, T Byrne 0-3; B Cowman, J Carty 0-1, D Shanley 1-1; E Roche 1-2, P Barden 0-3, C O'Rourke. Subs: C Farrell 0-1 for Redmond; D Barron for O'Rourke; L Murphy for N Rossiter.

Carlow - A Murphy; C Kelly, K Chattan, L Kavanagh; M Rennick, H Dobosc, A Byrne; R Lawler, H Nolan; R Denieffe, M Furey, S Noonan 0-2; D Walshe 0-7, C Townsend, J McGrath. Subs: B Power for Nolan; S Webb for Townsend; L O'Sullivan for Dobosc; B Lawler for R Lawler.

Ref - N McKenna (Kildare). Tweet

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