london 4-10 Carlow 1-7:Two Chris Donnellan goals in the second half helped London celebrate their first league success in three years. The Exiles enjoyed a deserved 13-point triumph over Carlow at Ruislip who coincidently were the last team to lose to London in Dr Cullen Park in 2004.

Any hope of a Carlow revival were ended soon after the resumption of the second half when a second yellow card meant that Shane Mernagh followed Dara Kinnevey (London) and Mark Nolan to the dressingroom after their first-half dismissals.

LONDON: B McBreaty, S Campbell, M Kennedy, R Walsh (0-1), P Morgan (0-1), P O'Donoghue, C Beirne (1-0), E Brennan, D Meehan (0-1), Niall Clinton (0-2, frees), P Hehir (0-1), F Cleary (0-1), C Donnellan (2-3) (1-0 pen), D Kinnevey, S Hehir. Subs: G Kane for Meehan, D Gallagher for Brennan, J Murphy for Walsh, D Cannon for Morgan, C Grant (1-0) for Donnellan.

CARLOW: J Clarke, J Ryan (0-1), C Bolger, M Nolan, J Roche, E Doyle, A Murphy, G Morrissey (0-1), S Mernagh, JJ Smith, M Carpenter (0-1), J Hickey (1-0), P Reid (0-1), M Murphy, D Hayden (0-3, 0-2f). Subs: K Nolan for Murphy, R McGrath for Reid, B Farrell for Smith, K Brennan for Clarke.

Referee: B O'Shea (Dublin).