Kildare beat Westmeath by 1-16 to 1-3 at Portlaoise to advance to a second successive provincial U21 final.

Neil Flynn hit 1-5 for the Lilywhites, including a second-half penalty, while Ben McCormack, Con Kavanagh and Chris Healy got ten points between them. Westmeath managed just one point after the restart, having trailed by 0-9 to 1-2 at the interval.

The winners registered the first seven points of the match before the Lake County opened their account with a 17th-minute Jack Quinn goal. That was as good as it got for them, however.

The Leinster final will be played in a fortnight, when either holders Dublin or Laois (who meet on Saturday afternoon) will provide the opposition.

Kildare - D Campbell; E Bateman, D Maguire, P Mescal; R Houlihan, S Ryan, B Byrne; L Flynn, P Connell; C Hartley, B Kelly, C Kavanagh (0-3); B McCormack (0-4), C Healy (0-3), N Flynn (1-5, 0-4f, 1-0pen). Subs: C McMonagle (0-1) for B Kelly, M Hyland for E Bateman, R Feely for C Hartley, J Flynn for R Houlihan, J Costello for B Byrne, C Delahunty for B McCormack.

Westmeath - K Fagan; R Wallace, I Ilunga, L Sayeh; G Murray, A McCormack, D Conway; G Delaney, T Watts; S Corcoran, R Hickey (0-1f), S Duncan; D Giles (0-1), J Quinn (1-0), P Fagan (0-1). Subs: A McGivney for R Wallace, M Monaghan for D Giles, R Cunningham for G Murray, J Halligan for S Corcoran, N Mitchell for T Watts, I McGovern for R Hickey.

Referee - S Murphy.

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