Tag: Donal Lenihan
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Jones returns as Meath beef up for Longford showdown
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…
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Strong second half gives new look Royals encouraging start
Meath… 0-16 Carlow… 1-09 Meath got their 2023 football season off to a winning start at a windy and wet Netwatch Cullen Park tonight. New manager Colm O’Rourke gave debuts to seven newcomers for his first match in charge. And in truth, it took the new Royal combination quite a while to settle. Mostly because…
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O’Rourke reveals first Royal hand
Colm O’Rourke has revealed the team and panel chosen to take to the field for his first match in charge of the Royal County when they take on the Regional Football Championship All Stars in Dunganny tomorrow morning, 11am. The Meath selection includes familiar names such as Harry Hogan, Shane McEntee, Robin Clarke, Ross Ryan…
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Reserve Tanks do little to enhance their status
Ireland… 35 Fiji… 17 Anybody with the slightest knowledge about rugby for the four decades this writer has been on the go – at the very least – will surely know of the efficiency of those from the Pacific island of Fiji in the 7s format of the game. Therefore, you’d have thought that a…
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Ireland crumble in Fortress Eden
Ireland… 19 New Zealand… 42 You might think that scoring three tries against the All Blacks – especially at Eden Park – represented a commendable day’s work. Don’t be fooled… This was a classic case of ‘come into my web, said the spider to the fly’, before the resident takes a choke hold of the…
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Newman calls time on Royal service
Kilmainham’s Mickey Newman tonight announced his retirement from inter county football. The languid, accurate forward previously stepped away in 2020 in an effort to recover from a succession of injuries which blighted his career but returned to the fold last season. Very similar to Brian Stafford in style of play and place-kicking, Newman was part…
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Saran settles the issue in the fifth minute
Dunboyne…..0-09 Wolfe Tones……1-09 Like the Down footballers, it had to happen to us eventually too. Where Cork undid the hitherto 100% record of the men from the Mourne Mountains in All Ireland finals in 2010, Wolfe Tones deservedly gave Dunboyne their first taste of defeat in a Keegan Cup at Pairc Tailteann this afternoon. In…
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Dunboyne dig out final ticket after dour derby
Dunboyne…0-09 Donaghmore/Ashbourne…0-05 A bit of personal business to get out of the way first, if I may. The GAA’s own advertising uses the tagline that ‘Nothing Beats Being There’ and they are of course correct. Thanks to modern technology though, one can be there in every other way bar in body. To that end, credit…
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Dunboyne advance to last four
Dunboyne… 2-14 St Colmcille’s… 0-12 Second half goals from Gavin McCoy and Stuart Lowndes put the seal on things as St Peter’s advanced to the last four in the race for the Keegan Cup following this entertaining encounter under the Ashbourne lights. Scorer-in-chief Donal Lenihan got the ball rolling for the pre-match favourites and though…
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Powerful start keeps Dunboyne on track
Dunboyne… 4-20 Seneschalstown… 2-06 It’s quite likely Dunboyne boss Conor O’Donoghue will have demanded a reaction from his players after their profligacy almost undid them against Skryne. On that front, they delivered handsomely at McManus Park. From the moment Donal Lenihan pointed within seconds of the throw in, the 2018 winners had a more business-like…