Ronan Jones makes his seasonal return to the Meath team for tomorrow night’s winner takes all O’Byrne Cup Round 3 encounter against Longford in Ashbourne. Throw in is at 8p.m.
The Dunboyne man hasn’t featured since coming on against Dublin in last summer Leinster SFC and his inclusion also coincides with the first outings for Eoin Harkin and Tomas O’Reilly and Donal Lenihan.
In another surprising development, Billy Hogan takes over between the posts from his brother Harry.

MEATH:
BILLY HOGAN (LONGWOOD);
ROSS RYAN (SUMMERHILL),
MICHAEL FLOOD (ST BRIGID’S),
JAMES O’HARE (RATHKENNY);
EOIN HARKIN (DUNSANY),
DONAL KEOGAN (RATHKENNY),
DAN O’NEILL (WOLFE TONES);
RONAN JONES (ST PETER’S, DUNBOYNE),
SHANE CROSBY (DULEEK/BELLEWSTOWN);
JACK O’CONNOR (CURRAHA),
TOMAS O’REILLY (WOLFE TONES),
JASON SCULLY (OLDCASTLE) ;
CILLIAN O’SULLIVAN (MOYNALVEY),
KEITH CURTIS (RATHKENNY),
DONAL LENIHAN (ST PETER’S, DUNBOYNE)
SUBS:
SEAN BRENNAN (DUNDERRY)
PADRAIC HARNAN (MOYNALVEY)
SHANE MCENTEE (ST PETER’S, DUNBOYNE)
BRIAN CONLON (SIMONSTOWN GAELS)
CONOR QUIGLEY (TRIM)
HARRY O’HIGGINS (DRUMBARRAGH EMMETS)
DAITHI MCGOWAN (RATOATH)
CONOR MORIARITY (CURRAHA)
AARON LYNCH (TRIM)
SEAN RAFFERTY (NA FIANNA)