Category: MEATH
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Louth get another one back in game’s best current rivalry
MEATH… 2-07 LOUTH… 0-14 The first observation to make is that, no matter what how bad the conditions were on Tuesday night that the Brains Trust deemed unsuitable, there’s no way they could have been any worse than what the players had to deal with tonight. It is important to state that in no way…
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An impressive tally in no-win situation
MEATH… 5-19 CARLOW… 2-09 Cathal O’Bric’s Meath U-20 footballers got the county’s quest for a third consecutive provincial final appearance with a 19 point win at Netwatch Dr Cullen Park on Wednesday night. With the greatest respect to the host county, no matter what way the evening went for the young Royals, they were on…
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Murray’s Minors Go Again
In their first outing since a gut wrenching defeat against Dublin three weeks ago, Meath Ladies Minor manager Eamon Murray has made just one change to the side ahead of this week’s joust against Kildare. The young Royals have home advantage once again with the all whites making the trip to Carnaross. A big occasion…
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Fringe players state their case
Meath Ladies senior football manager Wayne Freeman has made five changes to his team ahead of the weekend’s penultimate round of the Lidl Ladies NFL in which they will take on a rejuvenated Cork side at the MTU grounds in Bishopstown. While I am loathe to describe any fixture as a ‘dead rubber’ , from…
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Pragmatic realism for the greater good
With Sean Corrigan’s U-20 side due to begin their Leinster Championship campaign against Antrim in Kilmessan just 25 hours after his own team line out, Meath senior hurling manager Johnny Greville has taken the pragmatic approach of not starting those involved for Saturday’s final round NHL Div. 2 encounter with high flying Kerry in Trim.…
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Going out the same way they came in?
Hardly surprisingly, the Meath senior football management have decided to stick with the winning formula which sees them within touching distance of getting out of Div. 2 of the National Football League for the first time since 2019. So, in a manner of speaking, you could say they’re hoping to go out the same way…
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Disappointment lessened by a garnish of context
When the Meath senior hurlers got within a half dozen points of an Offaly side who the previous September had been beaten by Clare in the Liam Mac Carthy Cup Final and Kilmessan’s Anton O’Neill was awarded RTE’s Man Of The Match – and especially with the Royal County having already defeated the Faithful and…
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Another task ticked off the list but nothing on the shelf yet
MEATH…1-21 KILDARE…0-10 Balancing gut feeling with reality can be a very tricky task indeed. Six days ago, from a certain angle, Meath were somewhat unlucky to come away from Pairc Ui Rinn empty handed, yet an objective analysis would also conclude that they left enough waste behind them to have had the game won. Tonight…
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Many young men of 20 will aim to take Meath to final hat-trick
If you’ll forgive the bit of journalistic licence, it should of course read many young men of U-20, but one couldn’t resist the opportunity to include a reference to the rebel ballad best performed – in my humble opinion – by Ronnie Drew. Anyway, you get the gist. Meath U-20 football manager Cathal O’Bric has…
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It is not as bad as first imagined
MEATH… 1-21 CORK… 1-23 If it looks too good to be true, it generally is. For about five minutes of this cracking NFL Div. 2 encounter at Pairc Ui Rinn, it apprared Meath were once again going to pull off the seemingly impossible and steal a victory. Alas Ciaran Caulfield’s valiant two point effort dropped…