Leah Devine from the Na Fianna club will captain the Meath senior Camogie team for 2025, beginning tomorrow (Saturday) when she will anchor the Royal County defence in the first round of the Very Ireland National Camogie League against Armagh at Dunganny. With throw in scheduled for 1.00pm.
The game marks a first competitive outing in charge for legendary former Meath hurler Anton O’Neill and the Kilmessan man has already made has mark on proceedings with a few very interesting positional switches from would have, heretofore, been considered the norm.
These alterations see Grace Coleman relocated to full back, Maeve Clince move from centre half back to full forward and Ratoath’s Amy Gaffney go in the opposite direction from right half forward to left half back.
MEATH – Tara Murphy (Kilmessan); Laura O’Neill (Kilmessan), Grace Coleman (Killyon), Sophia Payne (Na Fianna); Rachel O’Neill (Kilmessan), Leah Devine (Na Fianna) (Capt.), Amy Gaffney (Ratoath); Erin Leddy (Na Fianna), Aedin Slattery (Na Fianna); Emma Regan ( Na Fianna), Aibhin Lally (Kilmessan), Aoife Carey (Na Fianna); Ciara Foley (Killyon), Maeve Clince (St Peter’s, Dunboyne), Ella O’Brien (Kilmessan).
SUBS – Shiofra Deegan (Kiltale), Ciara Flanagan (Ratoath), Grace Connolly (Killyon), Katie Connolly (Killyon), Blathnaid Hughes (Trim), Aisling Byrne (Na Fianna), Eimear Fagan (Na Fianna), Isobel O’Connor (Navan O’Mahonys), Roisin Heaney (Clann Na nGael), Louise Gaffney (Ratoath), Cliodhna O’Riordan (Drumree).
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