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)

Meath overcome Kildare in Navan Sat 7 Feb 2015

Meath overcome Kildare in Navan Sat 7 Feb 2015

 

 

 

Meath 0-13 Kildare 0-11NFL Division 2

Meath staged a rally to overcome Kildare and were behind for most of the match

Sean Tobin replaced the blackcarded Graham Reilly after 10 mins for a late challenge

Kildare ahead 0-7 to 0-4 at the break

 

Meath scorers - A Tormey 0-4 (1f), M Newman 0-3 (2fs), B Menton 0-1, S Tobin 0-2 (2fs), S Bray 0-1, P O'Rourke 0-1 (f).

Meath – Paddy O'Rourke; Donnacha Tobin, Conor McGill, Mickey Burke; Padraic Harnan, Donal Keogan, Bryan Menton; Harry Rooney, Adam Flanagan; Graham Reilly, Davy Dalton, Andrew Tormey; Joey Wallace, Stephen Bray, Mickey Newman. Subs - Sean Tobin for Reilly (black card 10), David Bray for J Wallace (35), Brian Power for Tobin (blood sub 34-54) Brian Power for Harnan (55),  E Wallace for D Bray (66).

Referee - Ciaran Branagan (Down)

Galway 2-13 to Meath 1-12 at Pearse Stadium Sun 1 Feb 2015

Galway 2-13 to Meath 1-12 at Pearse Stadium Sun 1 Feb 2015

 

Mickey Newman (free) opened the Meath scoring in the first minute. A second Newman free on 24 mins was Meath’s second score. Galway led by 1-6 to 0-5 at the break. Meath's was not helped by the 48th minute black card to Andrew Tormey. Newman’s goal effort blazing over the bar reduced Meath’s chances of a comeback. But Jamie Queeney had a late consolation goal.

Meath: P O'Rourke (0-03, 0-02f, 0-01f); D Tobin, C McGill, M Burke; P Harnan, D Keogan, B Menton (0-01); H Rooney, A Flanagan; G Reilly (0-01), S Bray (0-02), A Tormey; B McMahon, M Newman (0-05, 0-04f), J Wallace.

Subs: D Carroll for McMahon (43 mins), J Queeney (1-00) for Tormey (48 BC), S Tobin for Wallace (62), D Dalton for Haran (66), C McConnell for D Tobin (67).

Referee: Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry).

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)