Down beat off Meath at Pairc Esler in Div 2 of the NFL Sat 25 Feb 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

Test

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).

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).

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