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21st July 2018
03:30pm BST

Kildare weren't able to cope with this blitz of size and skill in the midlands, and they were blown out of the water from the word go.
Meath are now Leinster minor champions headed for the All-Ireland semis with confidence.
They began like a house on fire in Offaly's county grounds, hitting the men of Kildare for four points without reply in the first eight minutes of the game.
Big Moynalty man Bryan McCormack was to the fore early on as were the pair of Lukes on the inside line, Mitchell and Kelly raising a white flag apiece.
Though the Lilywhites did rally before the break, they were out-muscled and thoroughly overpowered by this powerful Meath train, and they had only one point from play registered by the time the half time interval arrived.
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0-11 0-3 the scoreline at the break, this one was all over bar the shouting.
Meath picked up from exactly where they left off upon the resumption of play, the impressive half forward McCormack sealing the deal as early as the sixth minute of the second half with the first green flag of this game.
From there, it was just a matter of seeing it out with manager Joe Treanor afforded the opportunity to give his substitutes game time.
With all of his six subs made relatively early in that second half, Kildare began to come into the game a little bit, but it was too little too late.
1-15 to 1-7 the final score. Meath unstoppable.
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