Tag: Brendan Martin Cup
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Golden Oldies and a Sunday morning adjusting to a new high
With exactly 11 minutes to go in Tullamore on Saturday evening last, my significant other began imploring referee Joe McQuillan to blow for full time. Now read on… After removing the Michael out of the poor woman over her time keep miscalculation, it was readily admitted that such was the astonishment and excitement surrounding the…
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McCormack maintains consistency of selections
Shane McCormack has once against kept the faith with those who got much closer to winning the Leinster SFC last month than most people expected. Indeed, they may have actually achieved the feat were it not for the fact that certain Meath players couldn’t get a free off Amazon, never mind the referee. Still, they…
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Surprises aplenty as Meath reveal hand for trip to Tralee
There are bound to be more than a few raised eyebrows after manager Shane McCormack revealed his Meath Ladies selection for tomorrow’s (Saturday) All Ireland SFC quarter final against last term’s beaten finalists Kerry in Tralee. Throw in at Austin Stack Park is scheduled for 5.30pm on an epic sporting Saturday. That the inclusion of…
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System allows for positives in defeat
Aside from the fact that, despite their implosion which has led to three Championship defeats, Derry remaln in contention for Sam Maguire, competition structure is the gift that keeps on giving from a writer’s perspective. As far as I’m aware, the current system in the All Ireland SFC – Round Robin and then for knockout…
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Natural leader Niamh lays down the baton
Hardly surprisingly, Meath manager Shane McCormack kept faith with the 15 who started last Sunday’s victory over Mayo for today’s local derby against the Dubs. The team announcement was, however, overshadowed by the fact the great Niamh O’Sullivan has taken her leave of the inter county stage. If ever scientists are attempting to build a…
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Masterful Monica to lead from the back
The best goalkeeper in Ladies Football for the past decade, Monica McGuirk, is wholly deserving of the latest honour bestowed upon her after it was announced that the vastly experienced netminder had been appointed Royal County captain by new Meath manager Shane McCormack. The Duleek-Bellewstown clubwoman has been one of the cornerstones upon which Meath’s…
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Selections for Downpatrick – Aug. 28th 2023
2.05: SIGNORA DI MILANO (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.40: GWAN TADGH (BEN HARVEY (3)/EDDIE O’GRADY) 3.15: MARV MICHAEL (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.50: JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN (RICKY DOYLE/GERRY KEANE) 4.20: GROZNI (PHILIP BYRNES (2*)/CHARLES BYRNES) 4.55: I AM SPIDER MAN (PHILIP BYRNES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 5.25: ATTITASH – EW – (CARAGH MONAGHAN (7)/IAN DONOGHUE)
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Same again for second half of Super Saturday
In what must be seen as a nod of satisfaction with the form and confidence in and within her team, Jenny Rispin has again named the same Meath team to take on Kerry in Saturday night’s All Ireland Ladies SFC quarter final in Tralee. Since the sides met in the Brendan Martin Cup Final 51…
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Time to invoke the siege mentality
Meath… 0-12 Donegal… 1-10 Why or how Milwall ever came up with their infamous “We are Milwall, nobody likes us, we don’t care” chant is beyond me. It’s not as if they were ever any good. Affixing the same mantra to Meath football teams is far easier to understand. Reason being none other than the…
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Meath bidding to seal home comforts
Jenny Rispin has named the same Meath team as was programmed to take on Waterford on Sunday last ahead of the weekend’s Round Robin encounter with Donegal on Saturday evening at Pairc Tailteann. Victory in which will guarantee the defending All Ireland Champions home comforts at the third last hurdle in that defence. The old…