Clare 1-13 Carlow 0-15  CLARE MAINTAINED their 100 per cent record at Cusack Park, Ennis, yesterday. There were three sendings off – Graham Kelly from Clare and Carlow's Brendan Murphy and Willie Minchin. A Michael O'Shea point in injury-time got the win but it was David Tubridy's 1-11 that spurred Clare.

CLARE:J Hayes; D Ryan, S McNeilis, L Healy; C Dunning, Gordon Kelly, M Tubridy; G Quinlan, D Russell; Graham Kelly, D Tubridy (1-11, 0-4 frees), M O'Shea (0-1); G Brennan, P Reidy, A Clohessy. Subs:B Carrig for Dunning (half-time), B Toner (0-1) for Reidy (39 mins), D Molohan for Russell (63 mins), S Kinnevan for Clohessy (67 mins).

CARLOW:J Clarke; K Nolan, S Redmond, T Bolger; P Cashin, J Hayden, A Curran (0-3); B Murphy, J Murphy; J Doyle, S Gannon, W Minchin (0-2); JJ Smith (0-1, free), M Carpenter (0-2), J Kavanagh (0-4, frees). Subs:P Murphy for Nolan (half-time), E O'Toole (0-3 frees) for Doyle (half-time), K Doyle for Cashin (53 mins), B Kavanagh for Redmond (62 mins), D Dowling for J Kavanagh (57 mins).

Referee:B Tyrrell (Tipperary).