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A good night for the Offaly and Carlow U21 hurlers in their opening Leinster ties

The sides clash in Tullamore on Wednesday night.

OFFALY AND CARLOW got their Bord Gáis Energy Leinster U21 hurling campaigns off to a strong start in tonight’s quarter-final ties.

Offaly saw off Westmeath by 2-15 to 1-10 at O’Connor Park in Tullamore while Carlow claimed a 2-15 to 4-7 victory over Laois in O’Moore Park in Portlaoise.

Carlow will now take on Kilkenny or Dublin – who meet at the quarter-final stage next Wednsesday night – at the last four while Offaly will be up against Wexford.

Westmeath got off to a flying start with an early goal from Robbie Greville against Offaly as they went ahead by 1-2 to 0-1 by the 5th minute but Offaly hit straight back with Emmet Nolan finding the net.

At half-time Offaly had gone ahead by 1-7 to 1-6 and they got a further boost when Adrian Cleary grabbed their second goal and they ran out eight-point winners at the finish.

In Portaloise, a hat-trick of goals from Charlie Dwyer inspired Laois to lead by 3-4 to 1-6 at the break with James Doyle raising the green flag in the opening half for Carlow.

A second-half goal by Ayrton Gleeson brought Carlow level and they went ahead by four points with 11 minutes left to play. Laois received a lifeline when PJ Scully struck their fourth goal in the closing moments but they couldn’t draw level

Originally published Wednesday at 21.30

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