Tag: Meath Chronicle Sport
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Positivity there if you want to see it
MEATH… 3-06 WICKLOW… 0-16 Matches at this time of year, and particularly hurling ones, should be legally obliged to come with a disclaimer. Accompanied by the familiar skull and cross bones label. Under no circumstances are patrons or participants to indulge in serious analysis of what transpires beyond this point. As a reference point, consider…
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Selections for Dundalk – Jan. 16th 2026
4.15: PINTS IN PEACE (CONOR CUSACK (7)/DANNY MCLOUGHLIN) 4.45: TRIBAL STAR (ADAM CAFFREY/ADO MCGUINNESS) 5.15: NUMIDIA – EW – (RORY CLEARY/PETER LAWLOR) 5.45: INSTANT APPEAL (JACK KEARNEY (3)/STEPHEN THORNE) 6.15: CLONMACASH (SAM COEN (7)/ADO MCGUINNESS) 6.45: NEOSMART – EW – (NICOLA BURNS (5)/JIM BOLGER) 7.15: JAWHARY (DECLAN MCDONOGH/ADO MCGUINNESS)
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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…
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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…
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Experience trumps ingenuity but still positives to take
MEATH… 0-15 OFFALY… 2-13 First off, nobody likes losing any game, and the Meath camp would have loved the opportunity to get more top level mileage into the legs of their younger recruits. But, chances are, in the overall context of the season the Royal entourage will probably lose far less sleep about tonight’s outcome…
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New names, same old bravery, heart and skill
MEATH… 2-11 WICKLOW… 1-12 Meath won’t have shortened in the betting for the All Ireland, or the Leinster Championship or even promotion out of Div. 2 of the National Football League. But, taken for what it was, John McCarthy – head of Meath’s Development Squads – would have to have been delighted with the progress…
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Selections for Dundalk – Dec. 15th 2025
4.55: HERO OF THE HOUR (SADHBH TORMEY (10)/TOM MCCOURT) 5.25: COINCIDENTAL GLORY (SAM COEN (7)/ADO MCGUINNESS) 5.55: INSTANT APPEAL (JACK KEARNEY (3)/STEPHEN THORNE) 6.25: BEAT THE DEVIL – EW – (PADDY MCGETTIGAN (7)/PADDY MAGEE) 6.55: EVENING BLUES (NICOLA BURNS (5)/GER LYONS) 7.25: SQUARE NECKER (WAYNE LORDAN/ROBSON DE AGUIAR) 7.55: SOARING SUN – EW – (ALAN…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Dec. 13th 2025
11.30: JACOB’S LADDER (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 12.02: THE ENABLER (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 12.32: BEN HUR (DONAGH MEYLER/NOEL MEADE) 1.05: DRIVEONWILL – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 1.40: MELBOURNE SHAMROCK – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 2.15: TED’S CORNER – EW – (DAN KING/TONY MARTIN) 2.50: KOOLIO KATE – EW – (ALEX HARVEY/PAT FOLEY) 3.25: SPRING…
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Selections for Punchestown – Dec. 11th 2025
11.50: PURE STEEL (MARK WALSH/JIMMY MANGAN) 12.20: PORT JOULIAN – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.50: FILLYOUREYE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.20: AMEN KATE – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/TOM COOPER) 1.50: NEWBROOK DIAMOND (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.20: JIGORO (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.50: TED’S CORNER (DAN KING/TONY MARTIN) 3.23: WARMER DAYS AHEAD – EW – (JAMES DUGGAN…
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Selections for Dundalk – Dec. 5th 2025
5.00: PRAIRIE GIRL (COLIN KEANE/DANNY MURPHY) 5.30: ABBOTSFORD – EW – (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 6.00: INSTANT APPEAL (JACK KEARNEY (3)/STEPHEN THORNE) 6.30: BEAT THE DEVIL (JACK KEARNEY (3)/PADDY MAGEE) 7.00: FERRYBANK (BILLY LEE/TED WALSH) 7.30: SEOLA (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 8.00: SOMEONE’S WISH – EW – (WAYNE HASSETT/GORDON ELLIOTT) 8.30: GAUCHER (COLIN KEANE/WILLIE MULLINS)