Antrim 1-11 Louth 2-10

 Louth led 1-1 to no-score advantage after 11 minutes, despite Antrim enjoying some good play. Ryan murray's 14th minute goal and a CJ McGourty point levelled the game on 22 minutes. Louth added points on the 26th and 32nd minute to lead at  the interval, 1-3 to 1-1.

In the first half Antrim had four wides and  seven shots dropping short, and could have been ahead at half time. They more than matched Louth in the opening 38 minutes of play.

Kevin Niblock registered the first and third points of the second-half from play, to leave a single point in the game 4 minutes after the restart. Points were exchanged by both teams , Antrims points coming from the boots of Paddy McBride and CJ McGourty. The killer blow for antrim was a penalty converted by Louth 18 minutes into the 2nd half,

It left five between the teams, 2-7 to 1-5, although the gap was cut to four when McGourty and  Conor Murray took good points.

Further points from McGourty (2), Rúairí Scott and Jack Dowling, added to  Antrim’s late surge.

The early injuries to Connor Hamill and goal scorer Ryan Murray in the first 15 minutes didn't help the quest. Paddy McAleer picked up an injury at the end of the game. 

Louth: Craig Lynch; Pádraig Rath ©, Patrick Reilly, John Bingham (0-1); Derek Maguire, Liam Dullaghan, Anthony Williams; Tommy Durnin (0-1), Declan Byrne (0-1); James Stewart, Páraic Smith (0-1), Bevan Duffy (0-1); Rúairí Moore (0-1), Eoin O’Connor (1-2), Ryan Burns (1-2, pen goal, one free, one ’45)

Antrim: Chris Kerr ©; Conor Hamill, Patrick Gallagher, Paddy McAleer; Paddy McBride (0-1), Declan Lynch, Peter Healy; Jack Dowling (0-1), Stephen Beatty; Conor Small, Ryan Murray (1-0), Conor Murray (0-1); CJ McGourty (0-5, three frees), Kevin Niblock (0-2), Matthew Fitzpatrick

Subs: Pat Branagan for Hamill (6); Sean Donnelly for Ryan Murray (15), Donal Nugent for Small (50), Jack Hannigan for Healy (65), Rúairí Scott (0-1) for Fitzpatrick (66), Óisín Hamill for McAleer (73)

The next game ~ v Laois at Corrigan Park. 

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