LEINSTER MFC SEMI-FINAL Offaly 0-9 Wexford 0-2:OFFALY ADVANCED to a final meeting with Meath as the result of this comfortable seven-point victory over Wexford in their Leinster minor football championship semi-final clash at Wexford Park yesterday evening.

Offaly opened brightly, racing into a 0-5 to 0-0 lead by the end of the opening quarter. After Patrick Rigney pointed a free within 30 seconds of the start they went on to control the opening exchanges adding further points through Anton Sullivan, Brian Connor with two - one free, one 45 - and Graham Guilfoyle.

Wexford were making little impact, with their only score of the opening half arriving after 17 minutes, a Shane Bradley point, leaving the midland side leading 0-5 to 0-1 at the interval.

The opening score of the second half came after nine minutes with Brian Connor pointing a 21-metre free to stretch Offaly's lead to five.

Wexford got their second score through a Michael O'Regan pointed free 21 minutes into the second half but the game had been won and lost at that stage.

OFFALY:S Nally; L Dunning, J Moloney, D Ryan; D Kelly, B Geraghty, A Murphy; B Connor (0-3, two frees, one 45), N Graham; K Lawlor (0-1), P Rigney (0-3, one free), G Guilfoyle (0-1); B Allen, A Sullivan (0-1), R Allen. Subs: M Mangan for Kelly; K Knight for Allen.

WEXFORD:S O'Gorman; J Breen, S Gaul, M Crowdle; C Carty, J Lacey, D Whelan; C Kehoe, P Stafford; D Murphy, M O'Regan (0-1, free), B Berney; K O'Grady, G O'Toole, S Bradley (0-1). Subs: B O'Gorman for Berney; B Nolan for Kehoe; E Kent for Bradley; J Doyle for Murphy; M Atkinson for Whelan.

Referee:E Craul (Wicklow).