Doyle seals Carlow's win

CHRISTY RING CUP QUARTER-FINALS Carlow... 1-14 Kerry..

CHRISTY RING CUP QUARTER-FINALS Carlow ... 1-14 Kerry ... 2-4CARLOW advanced to the semi-finals with a comfortable victory over Kerry. Carlow led 0-9 to 0-3 at the interval with Rory Dunbar and centre forward Colin Hughes firing over three points apiece.

Mike Conway drilled a 20-metre free to the net in the 38th minute to give Kerry some hope and he later had a penalty effort saved by Carlow goalkeeper David Miley. But Carlow finished the stronger and Craig Doyle's 64th-minute goal sealed their deserved victory.

Scorers: Carlow:C Hughes 0-5 (fou r frees), C Doyle 1-0 R Dunbar 0-3, S Kavanagh 0-2,, (65, free), D Roberts, A Brennan, J Coad, M Brennan (0-1 each).

Kerry:M Conway 1-3, B Brick 1-0, L Boyle 0-1.