St Peter's 0-16 Muckalee 1-5: St Peter's, Dunboyne, were too cute and slick for Kilkenny's Muckalee yesterday at Ballyragget. The winners might have goaled through Conor O'Donoghue after only a few seconds, but goalkeeper Stephen Murphy brought off a superb save. With Gerard Robinson shooting three points, and Stephen Moran and Seán McGarrell pointing, the winners raced 0-5 to 0-0 in front after 11 minutes. By half-time they led by 0-10 to 0-2.

The winners resumed with points from Colm Brennan, Gerard Robinson and McGarrell for a lead of 0-14 to 0-2. Muckalee's John Maher pulled back a goal in the 42nd minute.

ST PETER'S: J O'Connor; B Waters, D Sweeney, P Byrne; C Clarke, G O'Toole, T O'Connor; S McGarrell (0-2), A O'Connor; D Gallagher (0-2), C O'Donoghue, C Brennan (0-1); G Robinson (0-5, two frees), R Brennan, S Moran (0-5, one free). Sub: G Waters for C Clarke, A McEntee (0-1) for R Brennan, L Reilly for D Gallagher.

MUCKALEE: S Murphy; L Dowling, A Murphy, James Maher; M Dowling, R Nolan, P Shore; P Maher, D Brennan; E McGrath (0-3), John Maher (1-0), S Coonan; P Keegan, R Ruane (0-2), A Murphy.

Referee: C Costelloe (Offaly).