Meath Hurlers controversially retained the Kehoe Cup against Wicklow in Trim Sun 9 Feb 2015

Meath Hurlers controversially retained the Kehoe Cup against Wicklow in Trim Sun 9 Feb 2015

 

Meath retained the Kehoe Cup with a decisive win over Wicklow in a final that had an element of controversy

Meath  0-17                        Wicklow  0-7

Wicklow's cause wasn't helped by the red-carding of full-forward of Andy O'Brien in the 16th minute when the Garden County side were leading by 0-5 to 0-4.

Wicklow's Andy O'Brien (27) claims he was targeted during Sunday's Kehoe Cup final against Meath in Trim on Sunday and was so riled up by the abuse that he was sent off 15 minutes into the contest which the Royals won 0-17 to 0-7.

Meath  0-6                         Wicklow  0-5  Half Time

A spokesperson for the Meath County Board has said that they were unaware of the claims and were awaiting the referee's report from the game.

At Monday's County Committee Meeting Chairman Conor Tormey congratulated the Meath senior hurling team on winning the Kehoe Cup at the expense of Wicklow on Sunday.

Meath - Charlie Bird; Cormac Reilly, Shane Brennan, Shane Whitty; Keith Keoghan , Padraig Keogh, Eoin Marsh (0-1); Stephen Morris, Sean Heavey; Paddy Connelly (0-1), James Toher (0-4), Gary Kelly; Jack Regan (0-1), Anthony Healy (0-9, 7fs), Willie McGrath.  Sub - Sean Quigley (0-1) for Regan (55).

Referee - Kevin Brady (Louth)