O'Moore Park to host junior decider
July 24, 2017
Meath's Ben Brennan with Ciaran Sheridan of Louth.
©INPHO/Gary Carr.
Meath's All-Ireland JFC final against Kerry has been fixed for Saturday, August 5th.
The Royals booked their place in thedecider courtesy of a 2-21 to 2-8 semi-final success over Kilkenny in Nowlan Park last Saturday.
Daire Rowe played a captain's part for Conor O'Donoghue's charges as he finished with 1-4 to his name while Ben Brennan and substitute Stephen Coogan bagged 0-6 and 1-3 respectively.
After a below-par first-half performance, the team in green and gold led by just 0-8 to 0-5 at the midway point but they hit seven points without reply after the resumption to confirm their superiority.
A 40th minute Michael Malone goal gave the Cats a glimmer of hope but twogoals in quick succession from Coogan and Rowe put the outcome beyond any doubt.
Meath will be bidding for their sixth All-Ireland success at this grade when they line up opposite three-in-a-row chasing Kerry in the final on Saturday week.
Meath -J Lynch; A Lynch, L Moran, M Flood; D Toner (0-1), D Healy, K Traynor; A Flanagan, C Farrell; N Shorthall (0-2), K Ross (0-2, 1f), C McConnell; J Conlon (0-2), D Rowe (1-4, 1f), B Brennan (0-6, 1f, 1 45). Subs: W Carry for K Traynor, S Coogan (1-3) for K Ross, C O'Rourke for A Lynch, J Scully (0-1) for Shorthall, R Bourke for Brennan, N Jones for McConnell.
Kilkenny -JJ Sullivan; J Mackey (0-1), R O'Hara, J Fennelly; P Hartley, P McConigley, G Malone; M Malone (1-1), T Aylward; P Roche (0-1), J Culleton, T Phelan; E Moylan (0-2, 2f), I Duggan (0-1), B Sheehan (0-2, 2f). Subs: T Kenny for McConigley, C O'Donoghue (1-0) for Phelan, C Joyce for T Aylward, R Coffey for Sheehan, D Kelly for O'Hara, J Nolan for I Duggan.
Ref -P Faloon (Down).
