Royal Meath Blog: 2017

Sunday, 17 September 2017

Meath All Ireland Path 2017

Meath All Ireland Path 2017
Leinster Senior Football Championship Quarter-Finals
Meath 0-27 Louth 3-09

Leinster Senior Football Championship Semi-Finals
Meath 0-13 Kildare 2-16

Leinster Final
Kildare 1-17 Dublin 2-23

Qualifiers Round 2
Sat, Jul 1, 2017
Meath 0-14 Sligo 1-9

Qualifiers Round 3
8 July 2017
Meath 1-14 Donegal1-15

All Ireland Final Sun 17 Sep 2017
Dublin 1-17 Mayo 1-16

2017 Allianz Football League Division 2

2017 AFL Division 2

Team P W D L F A PD Pts

Galway 7 5 1 1 12-99 6-86 31 11

Kildare 7 5 0 2 11-102 3-94 32 10

Meath 7 4 1 2 11-107 5-90 35 9

Cork 7 2 3 2 4-90 6-86 -2 7

Clare 7 2 1 4 9-77 6-99 -13 5

Down 7 2 1 4 3-85 10-82 -18 5

Derry 7 2 1 4 8-78 11-103 -34 5

Fermanagh 7 2 0 5 1-86 12-84 -31 4

2017 Allianz Football League Division 2

04.02.2017

Down 0-10 Fermanagh 1-16

05.02.2017

Galway 0-14 Cork 1-11

Derry 0-11 Clare 1-8

Meath 0-16 Kildare 3-17

12.02.2017

Clare 2-11 Down 0-11

Kildare 1-14 Cork 1-8

Fermanagh 0-10 Galway 1-13

Meath 3-15 Derry 0-9

25.02.2017

Down 1-13 Meath 0-14

26.02.2017

Cork 1-14 Fermanagh 0-9

Derry 1-18 Kildare 1-17

Galway 3-13 Clare 1-11

05.03.2017

Kildare 4-14 Fermanagh 0-14

Meath 1-13 Galway 0-15

Clare 2-11 Cork 0-9

Derry 1-7 Down 1-15

18.03.2017

Down 0-10 Kildare 2-9

19.03.2017

Fermanagh 0-18 Clare 1-10

Cork 0-18 Meath 1-15

Galway 5-15 Derry 2-15

26.03.2017

Derry 2-10 Cork 0-20

Meath 3-15 Fermanagh 0-6

Down 1-13 Galway 3-15

Kildare 0-18 Clare 1-14

02.04.2017

Galway 0-14 Kildare 0-13

Cork 1-10 Down 0-13

Clare 1-13 Meath 3-19

Fermanagh 0-13 Derry 2-8

09.04.2017

Division Two Final - Kildare 0-16 Galway 0-18

Friday, 3 March 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)

Test

Sunday, 19 February 2017

Meath surge defeats Derry at Pairc Tailteann Sun 12 Feb 2017

Meath surge defeats Derry at Pairc Tailteann Sun 12 Feb 2017

Meath 3-15 Derry 0-9

Meath had 15 points over Derry in Allianz FL Division 2 second round clash at Pairc Tailteann on Sunday 12 Feb 2017 in NFL Div 2

Derry were without their Slaughtneil players.

Derry with the wind led by 0-6 to 0-4 at the interval.

Alan Forde was dismissed with a second yellow card in the last five minutes.

Meath - Paddy O’Rourke; Donal Keogan, Conor McGill, Mickey Burke; Willie Carry, Brian Power, Shane McEntee (0-1); James Toher (0-1 45), Bryan Menton (0-4); Alan Forde (0-1), Cillian O’Sullivan (2-2), Cian O’Brien (0-1); Conor Downey, Brian Sheridan (0-1), Donal Lenihan. Subs - Joey Wallace (0-1) for Downey (29), Ruairi O Coileain (0-2) for Burke (ht), Bryan McMahon (1-1, 0-1 f) for Lenihan (53), Eamon Wallace for McEntee (59), Kevin Ross for E Wallace (bc 70), Sean Tobin for Sheridan (70).

Referee - Liam Devenney (Mayo).

Monday, 6 February 2017

Kildare win over Meath in Allianz Football League Division 2 Sun 5 Feb 2017 in Navan

Kildare win over Meath in Allianz Football League Division 2 Sun 5 Feb 2017 in Navan

Kildare 3-17 Meath 0-16

Mickey Burke got a black card (21m) and a penalty opportunity was denied to C O'Sullivan.

Kildare 2-07 to 0-07 at half-time

At one stage Meath closed the gap to 0-9 to 2-8

Meath manager Andy McEntee will look for an improvement next week.

Meath play Derry in Navan next week.

Meath: Jack Hannigan; Donal Keogan, Conor McGill, Mickey Burke; Brian Power, Shane McEntee, Alan Douglas; Cian O’Brien, Bryan Menton (0-1); Cillian O’Sullivan (0-2), Graham Reilly (0-4), Alan Forde (0-2); Eamon Wallace, Brian Sheridan, Donal Lenihan (0-7 five frees). Subs – Ruairi O Coileain for Power, Adam Flanagan for Douglas both half-time, Bobby O'Brien for Sheridan 46 mins, Conor Downey for Wallace 51m, Willie Carry for McEntee 64m.

Subs: D McQuillan for Burke (Black card), R O Coileain for Power, A Flanagan for Douglas, B O'Brien for Sheridan, C Downey for Wallace, W Carry for McEntee.

Referee: C Branagan (Down).

Sunday, 5 February 2017

Meath out of O’Byrne Cup against Louth in Navan on Sun 22 Jan 2017

Meath out of O’Byrne Cup against Louth in Navan on Sun 22 Jan 2017

Louth book first O'Byrne Cup final in six years with win over 14-man Meath

Louth 1-14

Meath 0-10

LOUTH into their first O’Byrne Cup final since 2011 against Dublin with a seven point win over 14 man Meath in Navan. Alan Forde from Meath was dismissed for a first-half melee

Louth led 0-6 to 0-4 at the break.

Joe Sheridan replaced Jack Hannigan who was black-carded between in goal and was unable to stop a penalty that ensued.

Meath

J. Hannigan

D. McQuillan D. Keogan S. Curran

S. Lavin B. Power A. Forde

B. Menton C. O’Brien

R Ó Coiléain G. Reilly (c) E. Wallace

K. Ross P. Kennelly S. Tobin

A. Forde (straight Red , 23).

Subs: C. McGill for S. Curran (34); C. Downey for S. Lavin (39); C. O’Sullivan for S. Tobin, B. McMahon for K. Ross (both 41); S. McEntee for R. Ó Coileáin (black, 60); D. Lenihan for E. Wallace (64); J. Sheridan for J. Hannigan (black, 68).

Referee: D. Moore (Laois)

Dublin went on to reclaim the O'Byrne Cup against Louth with a good second half display on Sun 29 Jan 2017 in Drogheda.

Final Score DUBLIN: 2-16 LOUTH: 1-10 with a halftime score of DUBLIN: 0-6 LOUTH 0-5

Wednesday, 1 February 2017

O'Byrne Cup Meath vs Laois In Stradbally on Sat 14 Jan 2017

Meath vs Laois In Stradbally on Sat 14 Jan 2017

Laois 1-16 Meath 2-13

Meath into the O’Byrne Cup semi-final with a draw against Laois

Meath led by 1-10 to 0-10 at the break

Draw sends Meath through to semi-final against Louth

Laois trailed 1-10 to 0-10 at the break.

Meath got a penalty that led to a yellow card for Laois defender Kieran Lillis. Converted by Kevin Ross.

Meath Scorers : Kevin Ross 1-3 (3f), Cillian O’Sullivan 1-1, Graham Reilly 0-3, Cian O’Brien 0-2, Bryan McMahon, Sean Tobin (f), Bobby O’Brien, Donal Lenihan (f) 0-1 each.

Meath

1. Joe Sheridan (Seneschalstown)

2. Donal Keogan (Rathkenny) 3. David McQuillan (St Patrick’s) 4. Mickey Burke (Longwood)

5. Conor Downey (Na Fianna) 6. Brian Power (Ratoath) 7. Sean Curran (Donaghmore/Ashbourne)

8. Bryan Menton (Donaghmore/Ashbourne) 9. Cian O’Brien (Ratoath)

10. Cillian O’Sullivan (Moynalvey) 11. Graham Reilly (St Colmcille’s 12. Paddy Kennelly (Dunderry)

13. Bryan McMahon (Ratoath) 14. Kevin Ross (Castletown) 15. Donal Lenihan (Dunboyne)

Subs:

23. Sean Tobin (Simonstown Gaels) for Ross (15 to 17, Blood Sub)

17. Alan Forde (Navan O’Mahony’s) for Power (ht)

21. Adam Flanagan (Clonard) for McQuillan (41)

22. Bobby O’Brien (Ratoath) for Kennelly (45)

23. Sean Tobin for McMahon (52)

24. Fiachra Ward (Wolfe Tones) for Lenihan (59)

19. David Toner (Curraha) for O’Sullivan (58)

20. Declan Smyth (Dunsany) for Downey (70)

Referee: Fergal Smyth (Offaly)

Thursday, 12 January 2017

O'Byrne Cup: Meath 2-15 DIT 0-10 in Ashbourne on Wed 11 Jan

O'Byrne Cup: Meath 2-15 DIT 0-10

Donal Lenihan and Bobby O'Brien scored goals against DIT

Meath play Laois In Stradbally on Sat with the winners going through

Meath 0-7 DIT 0-6 at the interval

Meath - Robbie Burlingham (Simonstown Gaels); Alan Douglas (Trim), David McQuillan (St Patrick’s), David Toner (Curraha), Declan Smyth (Dunsany) (0-1), Willie Carry (Drumbaragh), Alan Forde (Navan O’Mahonys) (0-1); Brian Power (Ratoath), James Toher (Trim); Stuart Lowndes (Dunboyne), Bobby O’Brien (Ratoath) (1-1), Ruairí Ó Coileáin (Navan O’Mahonys) (0-2); Daniel Queeney (Na Fianna), Sean Tobin (Simonstown) (0-4, 2f), Donal Lenihan (Dunboyne) (1-5, 1f). Subs - David Larkin for O Coileain (22), Adam Flanagan for Toher (50), Ben Brennan (0-1) for Queeney (59), Paddy Brady for Smyth (60), Padraig Harnan for Carry (62), Kieran Lynch for Douglas (64).

Referee - Gerry Hurley (Westmeath)