Tag: AllianzLeagues
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Frailties ruthlessly exposed by evolving Kildare
Kildare…1-14 Meath… 0-14 Sometimes it is as simple as it looks. Gaelic football, like everything in life, constantly changing. Evolution, though, often means things have been known to end up back where they once were. Now read on… If you were to look at footage if the Dublin-Kerry games from the 1970s – lauded as…
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Good and bad during dry run in the west
Meath…… 2-12 Mayo…… 3-17 Let’s get the ugly business out of the way first. Meath conceded far too many scores, with a worrying degree of generosity. The case for the defence has plenty going for it however. Whether by accident or design, Andy McEntee made eight changes from the announced line up, but those given…
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O’Sullivan Double Sees Meath Sail Home
Meath……2-15 Down……0-14 A brace of well taken goals from the speedy Cillian O’Sullivan set Meath on their way as they departed Armagh’s Athletic Grounds with both points to leave everything to play for going into their remaining fixture against Mayo. Today’s encounter was staged at the neutral venue after Paddy Tally’s team were forced to…
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Call for back up pays off as bench boots Royals home
Meath……0-16 Westmeath……0-15 A game-changing contribution from those who came in off the bench proved crucial as the home side got their bid for an automatic return to the top flight off to a winning start. Though it was Eamon Wallace who curled over what turned out to be the winner, the contributions of his fellow…
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HARNAN RETURNS AS ROYALS ROLL OUT BIG GUNS
Padraic Harnan will line out in midfield for Meath tomorrow in the opening round of the National League against Westmeath at Pairc Tailteann (3.45, live on the GAAGO App) The return of the Moynalvey farmer is a timely boost for the promotion hopefuls after it was revealed that regular centre field man Ronan Jones faces…
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Sideline Cuts – 13
Back To Basics Approach Works Mention has often been made in this space on numerous occasions of how reading habits are sporadic at best. As if to underscore that fact, a sizable chunk of Davy Fitzgerald’s autobiography was ingested in a fairly quick time, only for the excellent collaboration with Vincent Hogan to be parked…
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Green hills not that far away that i’ll get back to some day soon
‘There is a green hill far away; I’m going back there one fine day’ proclaims the seminal line in Glastonbury Song by The Waterboys who of course saw the whole of the moon in their time too. The quoted lines reverberated virulently in the mind recently. For two reasons in particular. Firstly out of utter…
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Newman returns as Meath bid to bounce back
The return of gifted attacker Mickey Newman jumps off the page as Meath manager Andy McEntee announced his panel for the forthcoming National Football League. Entering his fifth season at the helm, the boss will be hoping to steer his charges back to the top flight straight away having only dined thence for one campaign.…
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Boylan Talks Sport Weekly Brain Workout – No. 9
With the draws for the 2021 All Ireland Championships taking place throughout the week and in so doing offered glimmers of hope on the horizon, what could be beter than to stir memories of summers past.
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Meath face familiar foes as ‘normal’ appears on the horizon
It will be a case of familiarity prompting caution when Meath take on either Longford or Carlow in their opening joust of the 2021 Leinster SFC. The road map for a return to the playing fields became a modicum clearer this week with the staggered roll out of the Championship draws in both football and…