Tag: Down Hurling

  • A team with spirit will always give themselves a chance

    A team with spirit will always give themselves a chance

    MEATH…0-16 DOWN…1-15 It would probably be fairly widely accepted that there are a cohort of teams around the same level as Meath in the overall hurling picture. Whilst there’s always a bit of angst about naming names and categorising entities, it would, you suspect, be a common view that the stickmen of the Royal County…

  • Experimental Royals to tackle Mourne men

    Meath senior hurling manager Johnny Greville has announced a side containing a mixture of experimentation and experience for tomorrow’s season opening encounter with Down in the Dioralyte Kehoe Cup at Dunganny. Philip O’Brien of St Patrick’s gets a rare start in goal, Conor and Mark Leavey both from Dunderry get starting berths as does Trim’s…

  • Greville’s gang face significant Northern Exposure

    Greville’s gang face significant Northern Exposure

    Unlike the county senior footballers in their first campaign under the stewardship of Robbie Brennan, Johnny Greville’s Meath hurlers have the biennial fixture flip flop on their side with three – or half of the Allianz NHL Div. 2 outings slated for St Loman’s Park in Trim. Why the matches aren’t fixed for Pairc Tailteann…