Down beat off Meath at Pairc Esler in Div 2 of the NFL Sat 25 Feb 2017

Down beat off Meath at Pairc Esler in Div 2 of the NFL Sat 25 Feb 2017

Down 1-13 Meath 0-14

Down beat off Meath to end bad run at Pairc Esler in Div 2 of the National Football League Sat 25 Feb 2017

Down’s Joe Murphy scored a goal after two minutes punched past a static Paddy O’Rourke

Meath trailed by 1-08 to 0-06 at the break.

A goal behind in injury-time Meath's Lenihan went for a goal from a free but was deflected over the bar by Down.s goalkeeper Gerard McGovern.

Meath: P O’Rourke, D Keogan (0-01), C McGill, R O Coileain; W Carry, B Power, S McEntee; B Menton, J Toher (0-02, 1f); A Forde, C O’Sullivan, C O’Brien; G Reilly (0-02), B Sheridan, D Lenihan (0-08, 7f)

Subs: B McMahon (0-01) for O’Sullivan (h-t), E Wallace for O’Brien (47), J Wallace for Forde (58), D Toner for McEntee (61), S Tobin for Sheridan (68)

Referee: M McNally (Monaghan)