O'Byrne Cup Semi Final: Dublin survive late Meath rally on Sun 18th Jan 2015

O'Byrne Cup Semi Final: Dublin survive late Meath rally on Sun 18^th Jan 2015

 

Dublin  1-15 Meath  1-13

Dublin 0-9 to Meath 0-5 at the halftime

Two Paddy O'Rourke saves around the 26th minute kept Meath in the hunt.

O'Gara's goal for Dublin came after 43 minutes.

Meath's goal came in the 60th minute from Mickey Newman.

Points in injury time from Philly Ryan and Eoghan O'Gara earned Dublin an O'Byrne Cup semi-final win over Meath at Pairc Tailteann on Sunday.

Meath - Paddy O'Rourke (0-3, 2 45s, 1f); Donncha Tobin, Conor McGill, Davy Dalton; Nicky Judge, Donal Keogan (C), Bryan Menton (0-2); Harry Rooney, Adam Flanagan; Graham Reilly (0-2), Stephen Bray, Joey Wallace; Sean Tobin (0-3 fs), Jamie Queeney (0-1), Ruairi O'Dowd. Subs - Mickey Burke (0-1) for Dalton (13), Ciaran McConnell for Judge (ht), Andrew  Tormey for O'Dowd (ht), Michael Newman (1-1) for Queeney (53), Damien Carroll for Tobin (56), David Bray for Bray (60).

Referee - A Nolan (Wicklow).

O'Byrne Cup Meath through to Semi Final after drawing against DCU

O'Byrne Cup Meath through to Semi Final  after drawing against DCU

 

Pairc Tailteann on Sat 10 Jan 2015

Meath   1-14 

DCU   1-14

Meath 1-7  DCU  0-6  at Half Time

This Meath draw with DCU sets them up for a dream semi-final with Dublin

Meath – Patrick O'Rourke; Donncha Tobin, Conor McGill, Mickey Burke; Ciaran McConnell, Donal Keogan (C), Shane Melia; Harry Rooney, Adam Flanagan; Graham Reilly, Mark O'Sullivan, Andy Tormey; Damien Carroll, David Bray, Joey Wallace. Subs - Nicky Judge for Melia (ht), Bryan Menton for Rooney (ht), Seamus Mattimoe for Carroll (ht), Jamie Queeney for Bray (56), Simon Carty for McConnell (62), Ruairi O'Dowd for O'Sullivan (69).

Scorers: Meath - David Bray 1-2, Mark O'Sullivan 0-5 (fs), Graham Reilly 0-3, Bryan Menton 0-2, Donncha Tobin, Joey Wallace 0-1.

Referee - Stephen Johnson (Louth)

O’Byrne Cup Meath V Longford, Pairc Tailteann, Navan Wed 7Jan 2015

O’Byrne Cup Meath V Longford, Pairc Tailteann, Navan Wed 7Jan 2015

 

Meath 1-17 Longford 1-9,

Half-time score Meath 1-5 Longford 1-5

Meath dominated the second half.

Meath

Paddy O'Rourke (Skryne); Simon Carty (Dunderry), Mickey Burke (Longwood), Nicky Judge (Ballinabrackey); Darren Brennan (Moynalvey), Neil Shortall (Curraha), Bryan Menton (Donaghmore / Ashbourne 0-2); Jamie Queeney (Na Fianna 0-3), Andy Tormey (Donaghmore / Ashbourne 0-2); Sean Tobin (Simonstown Gaels 1-0), Mark O'Sullivan (Moynalvey 0-2 one free), David Toner (Curraha 0-1); David Bray (Navan O Mahonys 0-1), Tom McCullen (Ballinlough), Ruairí O’Dowd (Walterstown 0-4).

Subs - Shane Melia for Shortall, Joey Wallace (Ratoath 0-2) for Bray, Harry Rooney (Skryne) for McCullen all half-time, Damien Carroll (Ballinabrackey) for S Tobin 48 mins, Donncha Tobin (Blackhall Gaels) for O'Sullivan 57m.

Referee - John Hickey (Carlow)

O'Byrne Cup Reilly leads Royals to victory

O'Byrne Cup Reilly leads Royals to victory

Meath 1-13

Westmeath 0-10

Man of the match Graham Reilly helped Meath to a good victory over neighbours Westmeath at Cusack Park. Graham Reilly scores 6 points. Meath trailed at the interval 4 points to 5.

 Meath - Andy Markey (Dunboyne); Darren Brennan (Moynalvey), Conor McGill (Ratoath), Nicky Judge (Ballinabrackey); Ciaran McConnell (Bective), Neil Shortall (Curraha), David Dalton (Summerhill); Harry Rooney (Skryne), Adam Flanagan (Clonard); Fergus Toolan (Dunshaughlin), Damien Carroll (Ballinabrackey 0-3 frees), Graham Reilly (St Colmcille's 0-6); Sean Tobin (Simonstown Gaels 0-1), Jamie Queeney (Na Fianna 0-1). Ruairi O’Dowd (Walterstown).

Subs -  Donal Keogan (Rathkenny) for Brennan, Donnacha Tobin (Blackhall Gaels) for Judge, Bryan Menton (Donaghmore/Ashbourne 0-2) for Dalton,  Joey Wallace (Ratoath) for Toolan, David Bray (Navan O'Mahonys 1-0) for O'Dowd, Tom McCullen (Ballinlough) for Carroll.