Meath well beaten by Armagh in All Ireland Quarter Final Sat 2 Aug 2014 in Croke Park

Meath well beaten by Armagh in All Ireland Quarter Final Sat 2 Aug 2014 in Croke Park

 

Meath slip sliding away

Armagh go through with a 0-18 to 0-13 victory over Meath at Croke Park. Meath were behind 0-8 to 0-7 at half time. At one stage in Meath were behind 0-8 to 0-2 with about 5 minutes before half time..

The sides were level at 0-10 each within five minutes of the re-start

Three Meath forwards scored from play while all six of the Armagh forwards scored.

Armagh's Paul Grimley previously expressed  concerns over the black card, hoping their clash with Meath would not be "besmirched by any poor decision-making".  An upsurge in gamesmanship !

Meath - P O'Rourke 0-2; M Burke, B Menton, D Keogan; D Carroll 0-1, P Harnan, D Tobin; S O'Rourke, A Flanagan; B Meade, B McMahon, A Tormey 0-1; D Bray 0-2, S Bray, M Newman 0-4. Subs - G Reilly 0-3 for Meade, E Harrington for Carroll, D McDonagh for S Bray, J Wallace for D Bray, P Gilsenan for McDonagh

Armagh - P McEvoy; C Vernon, A Mallon, J Morgan; M Shield 0-1s, B Donaghy, A Kernan 0-2; S Harold, A Findon; S Campbell 0-3, T Kernan 0-3, A Forker 0-3; J Clarke 0-1, K Dyas 0-1, K Carragher. Subs - M Murray for Morgan, R Grugan for Carragher, B Mallon 0-2 for Forker, S Forker 0-1 for Kernan

Ref - R Hickey (Clare).