Leinster Club SFC/Wolfe Tones 0-12 St Josephs 0-6: Meath side Wolfe Tones proved too good for Louth's St Joseph's in a scrappy Leinster club football opening-round clash at Páirc Tailteann yesterday.

While five of their six starting forwards scored from play for the first-time Meath senior kingpins, Ollie McDonnell was St Joseph's only forward to do likewise. The elusive Cian Ward notched 0-5 of the Tones' tally, including two fine first-half efforts from play.

Niall McLoughlin opened the scoring for Tones, who eased into a 0-8 to 0-3 interval lead. It took St Joseph's 22 minutes to get on the board through the first of Louth midfielder Martin Farrelly's three points from play.

WOLFE TONES: D Nolan; R Brady, C McLoughlin, C Reilly; B McGinn, E Harrington, S Sheppard; S Corrigan (0-1), G Beggy (0-1); A Fox , D McGrath (0-1), N McLoughlin (0-1); J Tiernan (0-2), D O'Neill (0-1), C Ward (0-5, three frees). Subs: P. Caffrey for Tiernan (48), T. Dowd for McGrath (55), K McKeever for Ward (59), A McKeown for Sheppard (60).

ST JOSEPH'S: P McEnteggart; T Yore, E McKeown, D O'Donoghue; D O'Sullivan, M Gorham, B Campbell; M Farrelly (0-3), C Murtagh; C Smith, S Melia, D Reilly (0-1, free); B O'Donoghue, O McDonnell (0-2, one free), D Mulligan. Subs: T Campbell (half-time), C Maguire for C Smith (42 mins), A Maguire for Mulligan (52 mins).

Referee: P Reilly (Longford).