Kiltale 1-13

Kildalkey 1-13

Kiltale and Kildalkey will have to do it all over again after this entertaining Meath senior hurling championship final draw played in ideal conditions at Pairc Tailteann.

Kildalkey will be wondering tonight just how they left this one behind them. A Noel Kirby goal after 25 minutes of the second half had The Village four points to the good and a first Jubilee Cup title since 2011 looked on the cards.

Kiltale were dealt a major blow in the early minutes of the second half when influential forward Mark O'Sullivan was sent off.

Jack Regan, who by his own standards had a quiet afternoon, came to the rescue for the six in a row chasing Kiltale with a goal and a point  to tie up the game and the county star raised another white flag to give the holders the lead with two minutes of injury time remaining.

With time up referee Richie Morris awarded Kildalkey a free and Paddy Conneely pointed to earn his side a replay.

The game only came to life with Kirby's goal and Kildalkey went in at the break 0-8 to 0-6 in front after playing with the breeze.

Before the game there was a minutes silence observed for the late Fintan Ginnity, former Chairman of the Meath County Board, who passed away last Thursday.

The replay will take place on Sunday October 20th at 3pm in Pairc Tailteann.

Kiltale - S McGann; I Hughes, P Garvey, D Donoghue; S Donoghue, Ronan Ryan, J Kelly; W Mahady, P Kelly; A Murphy (0-2), C McCabe, J Regan (1-6, 0-5f); Ross Ryan (0-1), F McCabe (0-1), M O'Sullivan (0-2). Subs: S Lenehan for P Kelly, P Durnin (0-1) for A Murphy, C Shirren for C McCabe.

Kildalkey - M McCormack; D Conneely, G Kelly, B McKeon; J McNally (0-1), D Harmon, M Doran; P Potterton (0-1), P Geoghegan; M Healy, K McKeon (0-1), S Heavey (0-1); N Potterton (0-1), P Conneely (0-7f), L Rickard (0-1). Subs: N Kirby (1-0) for M Healy, N McNally for S Heavey, M Healy for K McKeon.

Referee - R Morris.

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