National Football League Meath 0-17 to Westmeath 0-05 Sun 12 Feb 2012

MessengerVodpodYahoo BookmarksBeboMister-WongWordPressGoogle ReaderOrkutXINGEvernoteNetvibes ShareStrandsPosterousBusiness ExchangeArtoTipdSmakNewsPlurkAIMYahoo MessengerIdenti.caMozillacaBlogger PostTypePad PostBox.netPinterestNetlogTechnorati FavoritesCiteULikeJumptagsHemidemiFunPInstapaperPhoneFavsXerpiNetvouzWinkDiigoBibSonomyBlogMarksTailrankStartAidKledyKhabbrMeneameYoolinkBookmarks.frTechnotizieNewsVineMultiplyFriendFeedPlaxo PulsePingSquidooProtopage BookmarksBlinklistFavesYiGGWebnewsSegnaloPushaYouMobSlashdotFarkAllvoicesJamespotImera BrazilTwiddlaLinkaGoGounalogHuggDiglogNowPublicTumblrLiveJournalCurrentHelloTxtSpurlYampleOneviewLinkatopiaSimpyLinkedInBuddyMarksAsk.com MyStuffViadeoMapleWistsConnoteaBackflipMyLinkVaultSiteJotSphinnDZoneCare2 NewsHyvesSphereBitty BrowserGabbrSymbaloo FeedsTagzaFolkdNewsTrustAmazon Wish ListPrintFriendlyRead It LaterTuentiEmailRediff MyPage

Google GmailYahoo MailHotmailAOL MailAny email    

National Football League Meath 0-17 to Westmeath 0-05 Sun 12 Feb  2012

Meath were six-point ahead at halftime with a forward line getting plenty of ball from midfielders Brian Meade and Mark Ward.
Veteran Graham Geraghty came on for Gilsenan for Meath in the 54th minute.
Westmeath were reduced to 14 men when Michael Ennis was sent on for a second yellow card offence in the second half and Meath went on to win by 12 points.
Meath: D Gallagher; B Menton, C Lenehan (0-1), G O'Brien; S McAnarney (0-1), M Burke, C McGuinness (0-1); B Meade (0-2), M Ward (0-1); C O'Connor, S Bray (0-5), G Reilly (0-3); P Gilsenan, S Kenny (0-1), C Ward (0-2). Subs: J Sheridan for C Ward (44), G Geraghty for Gilsenan (54), K Reilly for O'Brien (60), D Tobin for Lenehan (62), C King for Burke (68).
Westmeath: G Connaughton; A Finnan, K Gavin, D McDermott; R Foley, M Ennis (0-1), K Maguire; T English, P Bannon; P Sharry, D Glennon, P Sheridan; A Giles (0-1), K Martin (0-2), C McCormack (0-1). Subs: D Daly for English (43), K Sheridan for Bannon (47), M Gorman for Giles (49), B Moran for Glennon (57), A Stone for Sharry (60).

Meath overcome Monaghan in National League Div 2 Sat 4 Feb 2012

Meath overcome Monaghan in National League Div 2 Sat 4 Feb 2012Meath 1-15 Monaghan 1-9

Meath shaded Monaghan who were only 0-10 to 1-6 behind at half time.
But Meath won despite having Paddy Gilsenan sent-off for a second bookable offence.
Meath manager Seamus McEnaney was facing his native county at Pairc Tailteann.
Bray and Ward combined to set up McAnarney's well-taken goal, putting Meath 1-14 to 1-9 ahead before Gilsenan was sent off for a professional foul.
Player-selector Graham Geraghty's services were not required.
It was a good result for Meath.

SCORERS

Meath - S Bray 0-6 two frees; G Reilly 0-3; S McAnarney 1-0; C Ward 0-2; P Gilsenan 0-2; B Meade 0-1; J Sheridan 0-1.

Monaghan - J Turley 1-0; E Duffy 0-2; Darren Hughes 0-2 one free; P Finlay 0-2 one free; N McAdam 0-1; V Corey 0-1; D Morgan 0-1.

THE TEAMS

Meath - David Gallagher; Mickey Burke, Bryan Menton, Gary O'Brien; Chris O'Connor, Shane McAnarney, Cormac McGuinness; Brian Meade, Mark Ward; Seamus Kenny, Graham Reilly, Donncha Tobin; Paddy Gilsenan, Stephen Bray, Cian Ward. Subs - Joe Sheridan for Tobin half-time, Ciaran Lenehan for Kenny 47 mins, Tom Walsh for M Ward 55m, Conor Gillespie for Meade 60m.

Monaghan - Mark Keogh; Donal Morgan, Darren Hughes, Colin Walsh; Dessie Mone, Vinny Corey, David Hughes; Eoin Lennon, James Turley; Neil McAdam, Eoin Duffy, Mark Downey; Paul Finlay, Kieran Hughes, Christopher McGuinness. Subs - Ronan McNally for Walsh 5 mins, Dermot Malone for David Hughes half-time, Stephen Gallogly for Downey half-time, Ciaran Hanratty for McGuinness 49m, Dick Clerkin for McAdam 65m.

REFEREE

Padraig Hughes (Armagh).

Siegerson Cup win for NUI Galway over St Mary's Belfast with another fracas Wed 1st Feb 2012

Siegerson Cup win for NUI Galway over St Mary's Belfast with another fracas.

NUIG won by 0-06 to 0-05 in a tight encounter but  full-time sparked anger directed at the referee.

St Mary's had the chance to equalise in the dying minutes with a 45 but kick dropped short and full time whistle blew.

The St Mary's players insisted that there was another 30 seconds remaining. 

Abuse was directed at referee but no injuries reported.

The Higher Education Council are waiting on the referee's report after ugly scenes followed the Sigerson Cup game between NUIG and St Mary's in Dangan Wed 1st Feb 2012

 

CLOUDSURFMAN

Siegerson win for Maynooth over Queens Belfast 0-13 to 1-9

Siegerson win for Maynooth over Queens Belfast 0-13 to 1-9

Five Meath players in action for NUI Maynooth college in the Sigerson Cup Wed 1 Feb 2012

Kilmainham's Michael Newman in the forward line scored the winning point to give them a 0-13 to 1-9 victory over Queen's, Belfast. 

St Ultan's Kieran Lynch and Summerhill's Davy Dalton  in the full-back line.

Dunboyne's Craig Berrigan  replaced by Dunshaughlin's Fergus Toolan in 2nd half.

 

CLOUDSURFMAN

DCU commented on by Donegal Manager at Allianz's announcement

DCU commented on by Donegal Manager at Allianz's announcement Mon 30 Jan 2012
Jim McGuinness suggests that the Sigerson Cup be brought back to a November conclusion, that third-level teams should no longer be invited into pre-season provincial competitions like the McKenna and O'Byrne Cups.

"I think the whole thing needs to be looked at from the point of view of the players. There was a task force on burnout."

"It's (third-level conflict) the elephant in the room, it's not being dealt with and the players are stuck in the middle of it. There's an undercurrent as well that, if we help you through admissions and we put you up into digs and we pay your tuition fees, that there's an ownership situation."

"We had a meeting on January 2. Michael Murphy had the flu, Martin McElhinney had a sore foot and Michael Boyle, who wasn't at the meeting I don't think, had the vomiting bug.

"DCU were training the following day, the boys were home for Christmas but DCU told them they had to be up in Dublin for that session."

He also spoke at length about the ongoing row with DCU over the availability of Donegal player Martin McElhinney the weekend before last and said that he favoured the Sigerson Cup being concluded before the end of November and the third-level institutions not being allowed compete in the pre-season provincial tournaments.

McGuinness also said that even within the current system counties should have access to players at weekends while the colleges had them during the week and reiterated his threat to reconsider Donegal’s entry into next year’s McKenna Cup.

The Ulster council allows players make the choice between county or college in the competition. But speaking at the opening of the Allianz National Football League, McGuinness bemoaned the state of affairs where a division one county is forced to plan around third level institutions.

“We’d be better off forfeiting that there and letting people save their hard-earned money and just training ourselves, collectively, when we can get everyone together and build towards the national league that way and bring it forward as a group rather than what’s going on at the moment.”

Considering that there is no plan to change the rules for the McKenna Cup will Donegal be in that cup next year. ?

Power NI Dr McKenna Cup 2012 Section C
Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
1	Derry	3	3	0	0	43	35	6
2	Cavan	3	2	0	1	45	41	4
3	University of Ulster Jordanstown	3	1	0	2	39	44	2
4	Donegal	3	0	0	3	32	39	0

Cloudsurfman