Month: January 2024
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Three League newcomers for Royals
Mick Murphy, Ciaran Caulfield and Sean Coffey will make their Allianz National Football League debuts for Meath tomorrow as part of the team announced to take on Fermanagh. Ballinabrackey’s Coffey holds the unusual distinction of having played Championship for the Royal County before featuring in the springtime competition. Elsewhere, skipper Ronan Jones reverts to his…
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Selections for Gowran Park – Jan. 25th 2024
1.05: LISTENHERETOMEJACK – EW – (SHANE O’CALLAGHAN (5)/EOIN DOYLE) 1.40: CAPTAIN CODY (JODY TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.15: THEDEVILSCOACHMAN (MARK WALSH/NOEL MEADE) 2.55: DUNBOYNE – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.25: SAINT FELICIEN (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.00: DONT TALK – EW – (GAVIN BROUDER/KARL THORNTON) 4.30: SAMYR (JOHN GLEESON (5)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Jan. 24th 2024
12.30: MAC DERMOTT (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.00: DE LADY IN RED (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN/BARRY CONNELL) 1.35: SPREAD BOSS TED (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.05: DB COOPER (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.40: JOLIE COUER ALLEN (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.15: RAGLAN ROAD – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.50: JUNOT – EW – (MARK MCDONAGH (3)/MICK WINTERS)
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Selections for Down Royal – Jan. 23rd 2024
12.40: STAFFORDSHIRE KNOT (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.10: D ART D ART (DONAGH MEYLER/TOM COOPER) 1.45: CAOIMHE’S PET – EW – (GARY NOONAN (5)/EOIN MCCARTHY) 2.20: SHANA CLOON – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.55: BLEU DENFER – EW – (DARYL JACOB/STUART CRAWFORD) 3.30: ST DENISS WELL (JACK KENNEDY/IAN DONOGHUE) 4.00: DAILY PRESENT (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN)
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Meath look at home in the Dome and record statement victory
Meath… 2-18 Mayo… 1-15 It is said that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Perhaps this is just my overtly superstitious nature at play, but, gut instinct tells me those who are now Shane McCormack’s charges have a feeling of unfinished business from last term that needs attending to. So much has been…
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Cup football still has its value
Mention has been made previously on these pages of how the idea of bucket lists doesn’t sit at all well here. If only because it makes a body think about, well, the journey around this big auld ball. And that’s challenging enough without bringing a stopwatch into the equation. That’s not to say, that there…
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Support your man by all means but be mindful of how you do it
No secret has ever been made of how grateful yours truly feels to have many who were once heroes admired from afar become treasured friends. Yes, a lot of them are, shall we say, ‘colourful’ characters but then, it would be my genuine belief that if there wasn’t a bit of a maverick in myself,…
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Selections for Navan – Jan. 20th 2024
12.45: ASIAN MASTER (THOMAS COSTELLO (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.20: FENWAY PARK – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 1.55: FORTUNADEFORTUNATA – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.30: CHOSEN DIAMOND – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/EDDIE CAWLEY) 3.05: MINELLA COCOONER (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.42: ST DENIS’S WELL – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/IAN DONOGHUE) 4.15: WILLIAM MUNNY – EW –…
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New look Royals revealed for trip into the West
New Meath manager Shane McCormack has revealed his starting 15 for Sunday’s Lidl Ladies NFL opening round encounter against Mayo. Throw in at the Ballina Stephenites ground is slated for 2.00pm. As revealed earlier this week, Monica McGuirk will captain the side from between the posts. Elsewhere, an experimental looking line up features former All…
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Big Pete’s procrastination threatens to ruin the time of his life
Some people cannot equate the situation whereby a person can be an animal lover and still enjoy hunting and/or fishing. Yet for a huge number of people – including some very close to home – the two facts co-exist without so much as a whim. On foot of same, I ended up being in a…