Offaly played Dublin in Crinkle on Sunday afternoon in the Under 16 A Championship, having been beaten by Wexford in the opening match last week and while the game was more competitive, unfortunately Dublin proved too strong for the home team. 

Dublin played with the breeze in the first half and opened the scoring after nine minutes when Sadhbh Ni Buachalla fired over. It was followed by three more unanswered points before Offaly opened their account in the 22nd minute when Aoife Byrne pointed.  Unfortunately, that was to be Offaly's lone score in the first half and Dublin went on to add another to their tally when Ellen Leddy Doyle split the posts.

The second half proved somewhat more fruitful for the home team when they played with the breeze and managed to pick off five points, but Dublin's lead never looked to be in doubt as they went on to win comfortably on a scoreline of 2-8 to 0-6.  Offaly will play Kilkenny in their next match in the Championship

In the Leinster Under 16 C Championship, Offaly followed up their win over Wicklow with another victory, this time overcoming Meath's B team by 5-7 to 3-2.  St Rynagh's Niamh Sheehy continued to impress and accounted for three of the Offaly goals with Sorcha Troy and Emma Molloy scoring one each.

The Offaly Under 16 team that overcame Meath in the Leinster C Championship

The Offaly team that played Dublin: Sophie James, Ella Kelly, Grainne Kennedy, Emma Buggy, Molly Hogan, Nicola Cleary, Aine Rigney, Taylor Mahon, Sorcha Tierney, Allie Butler, Roisin Kinsella, Caoimhe Ginty, Rachel Standish, Fianait Dooley, Aoife Byrne. Subs:  Alannah Dooley, Caoimhe Rigney, Sarah O'Rourke, Meadbh Nolan, Lauryn O'Reilly, Molly Kelly, Caitlyn Kennedy, Louise O'Brien, Amy Carroll, Aoife Greene, Aideen Quinn, Elizabeth Kilmartin

Scorers:  Aoife Byrne 0-2, Roisin Kinsella 0-2, Louise O'Brien 0-1, Fianait Dooley 0-1

The Offaly panel that faced Meath: Rachel Ryan, Caitlin O'Neill, Karla Mannion, Sarah Grimes, Makayla Murray, Tara Cleary, Kate Pilkington, Leah Byrne, Leah Smyth, Caoimhe O'Toole, Sorcha Troy, Annamae Clear, Issie Gleeson, Grace Cleary, Niamh Sheehy, Kiera Leahy, Orla Hanlon, Ellen Maher, Ellie Lawlor, Emma Molloy, Aoife O'Brien, Meadbh McDonagh, Emily Walsh, Sarah Corcoran.

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