O’Byrne Cup Meath V Longford, Pairc Tailteann, Navan Wed 7Jan 2015

O’Byrne Cup Meath V Longford, Pairc Tailteann, Navan Wed 7Jan 2015

 

Meath 1-17 Longford 1-9,

Half-time score Meath 1-5 Longford 1-5

Meath dominated the second half.

Meath

Paddy O'Rourke (Skryne); Simon Carty (Dunderry), Mickey Burke (Longwood), Nicky Judge (Ballinabrackey); Darren Brennan (Moynalvey), Neil Shortall (Curraha), Bryan Menton (Donaghmore / Ashbourne 0-2); Jamie Queeney (Na Fianna 0-3), Andy Tormey (Donaghmore / Ashbourne 0-2); Sean Tobin (Simonstown Gaels 1-0), Mark O'Sullivan (Moynalvey 0-2 one free), David Toner (Curraha 0-1); David Bray (Navan O Mahonys 0-1), Tom McCullen (Ballinlough), Ruairí O’Dowd (Walterstown 0-4).

Subs - Shane Melia for Shortall, Joey Wallace (Ratoath 0-2) for Bray, Harry Rooney (Skryne) for McCullen all half-time, Damien Carroll (Ballinabrackey) for S Tobin 48 mins, Donncha Tobin (Blackhall Gaels) for O'Sullivan 57m.

Referee - John Hickey (Carlow)

O'Byrne Cup Reilly leads Royals to victory

O'Byrne Cup Reilly leads Royals to victory

Meath 1-13

Westmeath 0-10

Man of the match Graham Reilly helped Meath to a good victory over neighbours Westmeath at Cusack Park. Graham Reilly scores 6 points. Meath trailed at the interval 4 points to 5.

 Meath - Andy Markey (Dunboyne); Darren Brennan (Moynalvey), Conor McGill (Ratoath), Nicky Judge (Ballinabrackey); Ciaran McConnell (Bective), Neil Shortall (Curraha), David Dalton (Summerhill); Harry Rooney (Skryne), Adam Flanagan (Clonard); Fergus Toolan (Dunshaughlin), Damien Carroll (Ballinabrackey 0-3 frees), Graham Reilly (St Colmcille's 0-6); Sean Tobin (Simonstown Gaels 0-1), Jamie Queeney (Na Fianna 0-1). Ruairi O’Dowd (Walterstown).

Subs -  Donal Keogan (Rathkenny) for Brennan, Donnacha Tobin (Blackhall Gaels) for Judge, Bryan Menton (Donaghmore/Ashbourne 0-2) for Dalton,  Joey Wallace (Ratoath) for Toolan, David Bray (Navan O'Mahonys 1-0) for O'Dowd, Tom McCullen (Ballinlough) for Carroll.

O'Byrne Draw 2015

O'Byrne Draw 2015

 

 

http://www.leinstergaa.ie/leinster-accident-tournaments-2012/obyrne-cup-sf-2012.325.html

 

The Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup S.F. 2015 - GROUP C
1.	Westmeath	v	Meath	4.1.2015	Mullingar	2.00
2.	Longford	v	D.C.U.	3.1.2015	Longford	2.30
3.	Meath	v	Longford	7.1.2015	Navan	7.30
4.	Westmeath	v	D.C.U.	7.1.2015	Kinnegad	7.30
5.	Meath	v	D.C.U.	10.1.2015	Navan	7.00
6.	Longford	v	Westmeath	11.1.2015	Ballymahon	2.00

Australia v Ireland, Paterson Stadium, Perth Sat 22 Nov 2014

Australia v Ireland, Paterson Stadium, Perth Sat 22 Nov 2014

Captain Michael Murphy offered no excuses for Ireland’s defeat to Australia, admitting that the better team won.

Holders of the Cormac McAnallen Cup since 2011, the visitors were outplayed and outscored by a much improved Australian team, who held on for a 56-46 win in Perth.

RESULT: Australia 56-46 Ireland

1st Quarter: Aus (0-7-1) 22-4 Ire (0-1-1)

 2nd Quarter: Aus (0-4-1) 35-7 Ire (0-0-3)

 3rd Quarter: Aus (0-3-2) 46-30 Ire (1-5-2)

 4th Quarter: Aus (0-3-1) 56-46 Ire (1-3-1)

Australia: Dustin Fletcher (Essendon), Grant Birchall (Hawthorn), Travis Boak (Port Adelaide), Luke Breust (Hawthorn), Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide), Brendan Goddard (Essendon), Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide), Brent Harvey (North Melbourne), Luke Hodge (Hawthorn), Kieren Jack (Sydney Swans), Steve Johnson (Geelong), Jarrad McVeigh (Sydney Swans), Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn), Leigh Montagna (St Kilda), Nic Naitanui (West Coast), Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda), Tom Rockliff (Brisbane Lions), Joel Selwood (Geelong) (capt), Brodie Smith (Adelaide), Nick Smith (Sydney Swans), Harry Taylor (Geelong), Jobe Watson (Essendon), Chad Wingard (Port Adelaide).

Ireland: Colm Begley (Laois), Colm Boyle (Mayo), Seán Cavanagh (Tyrone), Cathal Cregg (Roscommon), Mattie Donnelly (Tyrone), Finian Hanley (Galway), Pearse Hanley (Brisbane Lions), Darren Hughes (Monaghan), Lee Keegan (Mayo), James McCarthy (Dublin), Ciaran McDonald (Tipperary), Neil McGee (Donegal), Chrissy McKaigue (Derry), Kevin McKernan (Down), Kevin McLoughlin (Mayo), Conor McManus (Monaghan), David Moran (Kerry),  Ross Munnelly (Laois), Michael Murphy (Donegal) (captain), Colm O'Neill (Cork), Paddy O'Rourke (Meath), Aidan O'Shea (Mayo), Aidan Walsh (Cork) (vice-captain).

Dublin byte the dust against Donegal Sun 31Aug2014

Dublin byte the dust against Donegal Sun 31Aug2014 in Croke Park in All Ireland Semi Final.
Dublin 0-17 Donegal 3-14

Donegal had a one-point lead at Half Time.
Donegal lost full back Neil McGee to a black card
The “hype machine” surrounding Dublin was a factor in their SFC semi-final loss to Donegal
Donegal were masters at developing and executing the their game plan.

Dublin: S Cluxton, M Fitzsimons, R O'Carroll, P McMahon (0-01), J McCarthy, J Cooper, J McCaffrey, MD Macauley, C O'Sullivan, P Flynn (0-04), C Costello, D Connolly (0-05, 1f), A Brogan (0-02), E O'Gara, B Brogan (0-03, 1f)
Subs: N Devereux for McCaffrey, K McManamon for Costello, D Rock for O’Gara, P Andrews (0-02) for A Brogan, D Daly for Cooper, P Mannion for O’Sullivan
Donegal: P Durcan, E McGee, N McGee, P McGrath, A Thompson, K Lacey (0-01), F McGlynn (0-01), N Gallagher, O MacNiallais (0-01), R Kavanagh (0-01), L McLoone, R McHugh (2-02), David Walsh, M Murphy (0-03, 2f), C McFadden (1-03, 0-2f).
Subs: C Toye for Walsh, P McBrearty (0-02) for McLoone, Declan Walsh for N McGee (Black Card), M McElhinney for Kavanagh, D O’Connor for McFadden, M O’Reilly for MacNiallais
Referee: J McQuillan (Cavan).