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MONAGHAN 1-13 LOUTH 1-13

FOURTEEN-MAN Monaghan snatched a share of the spoils with a point in stoppage time at St Mary’s Park, Castleblayney yesterday.

Monaghan had the better of the first-half until the dismissal of Eamon Collins on a second yellow on 28 minutes. Louth rattled over four unanswered points from Niall Arthur to lead at half-time by 0-11 to 1-6.

Within 12 minutes of the resumption Monaghan were level with points from Niall Garland and a Fergal Rafter free. Niall Arthur capitalised for an opportunist goal, but Monaghan never allowed Louth to push on and Niall Garland ultimately salvaged a point.

SCORERS – Monaghan: F Rafter 0-8 (7f), M Treanor 1-0, N Garland 0-3, C McNally and B McGuigan 0-1 each

Louth: N Arthur 1-9 (5f), R Byrne 0-2 (2f), M Molloy and G Smyth 0-1 each

MONAGHAN: P Bermingham 8, J Guinan 7, K Crawley 8, B Flanagan 6, N Garland 8, P Finnegan 7, M Murphy 6, M Treanor 8, P Treanor 8, F Rafter 8, A Kenny 6, S McNally 6, C McNally 6, E Collins 5, B McGuigan 6. Subs: P McGahan 5 for S McNally (30), C Boyle 5 for C McNally (54). .

LOUTH: S Hackett 7, M Wallace 7, M Lyons 7, C Matthews 6, S Kettle 7, R Burns 7, A McCrave 6, D Ryan 6, M Molloy 7, N Arthur 8, G Arthur 7, G Smyth 7, S Conneely 6, S. Callan 7, P Lynch 7. Subs: P McCormick 6 for P Lynch (42), D Murphy 7 for C Matthews (46), P Matthews 6 for S Conneely (55), J Crosby 5 for G Smyth (65).

REF – A Devine (Westmeath).