Monaghan beat Meath by 5 Points in NFL 3 at Croke Park Sat 27 Apr 2013

Monaghan beat Meath by 5 Points in NFL 3 at Croke Park Sat 27 Apr 2013

Monaghan 2-16
Meath 3-8

Meath beaten by 5 points by the Farney County  in the Allianz Football League Division 3 title in Croke Park Sat 27 April 2013.
Ciaran Lenehan pointed for the Royal county  to leave four points between the sides at the break Monaghan  1-9 to Meath 1-5.
In the second half with their 4 point lead restored, Monaghan were home and dusted, but there was still enough time for the Monaghan's Darren Hughes, to tag on another point before the end.

Meath - P O'Rourke; E Harrington, B Menton (0-1), C Young; C Lenehan (0-2), K Reilly, D Dalton (1-0); B Meade, C Gillespie; P Gilsenan (0-1), G Reilly, P Byrne; E Wallace (0-1), S Bray (1-1), M Newman (1-2, 1f). Subs: D Larkin for Gilsenan, A Tormey for G Reilly, S Kenny for Byrne, B Dillon for Dalton, B Farrell for Bray.

Referee - P O'Sullivan.
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Promotion for Meath after win over Fermanagh in NFL Div 3 in Park Tailteann Navan on Sun 7 Apr 2013

Promotion for Meath after win over Fermanagh in NFL Div 3 in Park Tailteann Navan on Sun 7 Apr 2013

Meath 2-12  Fermanagh 0-14
This also puts Meath into the Division 3 final against Monaghan on April 27
Meath were even at 1-5 to 0-8  at the break with the goal from Michael Newman
Fermanagh's Tomas Corrigan had a penalty saved by Paddy O'Rourke
Declan McCusker got a red card for a challenge on Kevin Reilly
After his introduction Paddy Gilsenan netted the ball for Meath


Scorers : Meath - Michael Newman 1-5, Paddy Gilsenan 1-1, Stephen Bray 0-3, Graham Reilly 0-2, Eamonn Wallace 0-1

Meath - Paddy O'Rourke; Donal Keogan, Brian Menton, Caolan Young; Ciaran Lenihan, Kevin Reilly, Davy Dalton; Brian Meade, Conor Gillespie; David Larkin, Graham Reilly, Peadar Byrne; Eamonn Wallace, Stephen Bray, Michael Newman. Subs - Paddy Gilsenan for Larkin (48m), Sean Curran for Young (54m), Brian Farrell for Wallace (57m), Joe Sheridan for Byrne (61m).

Referee - Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry)

Meath win against Antrim NFL Div 3 Sun 31 Mar 2013 in Belfast at Casement Park

Meath win  against Antrim NFL Div 3 Sun 31 Mar 2013 in Belfast at Casement Park

Meath 1-19
Antrim 0-11

Good performance  by Meath who were leading 1-9 to 0-6 at Haf Time
Michael Newman scoring goal after six minutes.
Antrim were reduced to 13 men in second half in different sending-off incidents
Dermot McCann was red-carded for a late tackle on Peadar Byrne
Conor Murray for a second yellow card
Meath will play Fermanagh next Sunday in last game in league decider.

Meath
Paddy O'Rourke; Donal Keogan, Brian Menton, Caolan Young; Ciaran Lenihan, Kevin Reilly, Davy Dalton; Brian Meade, Conor Gillespie; David Larkin, Graham Reilly, Peadar Byrne; Eamonn Wallace, Brian Farrell, Michael Newman.
Subs - Eoghan Harrington for Keogan, Sean Tobin for Wallace, Paddy Gilsenan for Byrne, Joe Sheridan for Farrell, Sean Curran for Lenehan.

Meath overcome Sligo NFL Div 3 clash at Pairc Tailteann Sat 16 Mar 2013

Meath overcome Sligo NFL Div 3 clash at Pairc Tailteann Sat 16 Mar 2013

Meath ...... 1-17   Sligo ....... 2-12

Sligo led by 2-9 to 1-5 at half-time.
Meath's Michael Newman did best for Meath  by scoring 8 points

Scorers: Meath - M Newman 0-8 (6f);S Bray 1-0; C Lenihan 0-3; P Gilsenan, J Sheridan, D Larkin, B Meade, G Reilly, E Wallace 0-1 each.

Meath - P O'Rourke; D Keogan, B Menton, C Young; C Lenihan, E Harrington (C Gillespie ht), D Dalton; B Meade, K Reilly; D Larkin, C Ward (G Reilly 32), P Byrne (P Gilsenan ht); E Wallace (J Sheridan 58), S Bray (B Farrell 42), M Newman.

Referee - B Cassidy (Derry)

Meath overcome Roscomman in NFL3

Meath overcome Roscomman in NFL3 in Roscommon in Dr Hyde Park on Sun 10 Mar 2013
Meath 2-11
Roscommon 0-12

Meath keep promotion on the table and demotion off the table for now by this 5 point win.
John Evans was the Roscomman manager.
Score at half time was 2-6 to 0-3 for Meath.

Meath - P O'Rourke; D Keogan, B Menton, S Curran; C Lenihan (0-1), E Harrington, D Dalton; C Gillespie, K Reilly (1-1); D Larkin (0-1), G Reilly (1-0), P Byrne (0-1); C Ward (0-4, 2f), S Bray, M Newman (0-2f). Subs: E Wallace for Newman, B Dillon for Curran, B Meade for G Reilly, P Gilsenan (0-1) for Bray, J Queeney for Byrne.

Referee - N Cullen.