madmeath (Meath) - Posts: 116 - 11/08/2026 16:36:20    2689469

GILES96 (Meath) - Posts: 7 - 12/08/2026 13:21:59    2689560

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madmeath (Meath) - Posts: 116 - 12/08/2026 21:57:12    2689632

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Cabbagepatch1667 (Meath) - Posts: 186 - 13/08/2026 13:57:47    2689710

Predictions for this weekends senior games?

BadgerDog (Westmeath) - Posts: 23 - 18/08/2026 10:51:02    2690266

Royalroyal97 (Meath) - Posts: 45 - 18/08/2026 15:09:38    2690331

RoyalStalwart24 (Meath) - Posts: 106 - 18/08/2026 15:53:26    2690340

Senior:
Kilbride v Rathkenny - Rathkenny by 4
Dunboyne v Summerhill - Summerhill by 6

Trim v Ratoath - Ratoath by 6
Skyrne v Na Fianna - Skyrne by 3

St Colmcilles v Wolfe Tones - Tones by 4
Ballinabrackey v Seneschalstown - Seneschalstown by 8

Dunshaughlin v D/Ashbourne - Dunshaughlin by 5
Gaeil Colmcille v Simonstown - Colmcille by 4

Intermediate:
NOM v Longwood - NOM by 8
Bective v St Pat's - Pat's by 9

Waltersotwn v Drumbaragh - Walterstown by 10
Clann na nGael v Michael's - Michael's by 1

Dunsany v Meath Hill - Meath Hill by 10
Moynalvey v Blackhall Gaels - Moynalvey by 8

Ballivor v Oldcastle - Oldcastle by 4
Castletown v Duleek- Bellewstown - Castletown by 6

Junior A:
wins for Slane, Syddan, Curraha, St Vincent's, Nobber and Balinlough

Junior B:
Wins for Clonard, Cortown, Kilmainhwood and Kilmainham

Cabbagepatch1667 (Meath) - Posts: 186 - 19/08/2026 15:24:37    2690467

Proudroyal (Meath) - Posts: 424 - 20/08/2026 10:02:01    2690548

Senior:
Kilbride v Rathkenny - Rathkenny by 5
Dunboyne v Summerhill - Summerhill by 5

Trim v Ratoath - Ratoath by 10
Skyrne v Na Fianna - Skyrne by 5

St Colmcilles v Wolfe Tones - Tones by 4
Ballinabrackey v Seneschalstown - Seneschalstown by 6

Dunshaughlin v D/Ashbourne - Ashbourne by 2
Gaeil Colmcille v Simonstown - Colmcille by 5

Intermediate:
NOM v Longwood - NOM by 7
Bective v St Pat's - Pat's by 8

Waltersotwn v Drumbaragh - Walterstown by 8
Clann na nGael v Michael's - Clann na- 3

Dunsany v Meath Hill - Meath Hill by 8
Moynalvey v Blackhall Gaels - Moynalvey by 5

Ballivor v Oldcastle -Ballivor by 3
Castletown v Duleek- Bellewstown - Castletown by 5

Meathman721 (Meath) - Posts: 8 - 20/08/2026 10:38:28    2690558

RoyalStalwart24 (Meath) - Posts: 106 - 20/08/2026 11:37:55    2690579

As we look forward to another weekend of the club football champ I wanted to share my thoughts on the games i see of being of interest:

Navan O'Mahonys v Longwood

O'Mahonys will come into it off the back of a bad R1 loss. Longwood won't be travelling over to Athboy to make up the numbers. Expect a fairly tight opening with both sides testing each other out before someone eventually decides that kicking the ball over the bar from 45 yards is actually a perfectly reasonable option.

O'Mahonys have the bigger-name club pedigree, but Longwood are the sort of side you don't want hanging around in a close game. If they can keep it tight into the final 10 minutes, they'll fancy their chances.

Im predicting soft lads from the town will pull out their soccer skills and get the W. NOM by 19

Moylagh v Ballinlough

Ballinlough come into it after putting 3-14 past St Mary's in Round 1, so they'll be fancying themselves. Moylagh, meanwhile, lost to Nobber by three after scoring 2-13 themselves - which suggests they can score, but defending may be more of a long-term development project.

Moylagh will fancy themselves in Millbrook, while Ballinlough will presumably arrive with the confidence of a team who have already discovered where the goals are.

Expect a tight first half, followed by the traditional Junior Championship second half where nobody remembers the concept of a defensive structure and every attack ends with someone launching one from 45 yards.

Prediction: Moylagh 2-14, Ballinlough 2-12.

Moylagh to sneak it late, followed by 45 minutes of people on the forum explaining why the referee cost both teams the game.

Could be an absolute classic. Or 17-16. There is no middle ground in Junior football.

Skryne v Na Fianna

Skryne will be looking to put one over Na Fianna and remind everyone that the old guard still has a bit of life in it. Na Fianna, meanwhile, will arrive with the youthful confidence of a team that hasn't yet learned that Meath championship football is mostly about making things unnecessarily difficult. Skyrne are boosted by the resturn of meath minor star Colm Dotherty.

Expect Skryne to try and control the game, Na Fianna to run everything at 100mph for 15 minutes, followed by both teams deciding that actually moving the ball sideways is the safest option.

The key battle will be whether Skryne's experience can contain Na Fianna's legs. If it turns into a running game, Na Fianna should fancy it. If it becomes a proper old-fashioned Meath championship slog, Skryne will probably be smiling like cheshire cats

RegionalsGuru (Meath) - Posts: 65 - 20/08/2026 15:53:25    2690645

Proudroyal (Meath) - Posts: 424 - 20/08/2026 16:56:30    2690669

GILES96 (Meath) - Posts: 7 - 21/08/2026 11:07:50    2690734

I attended the Dunshaughlin-Ashbourne game last night. Dunshaughlin were the better team early on but Ashbourne quickly went up the gears and showed infinitely more intensity, fight and simple urgency. We (Dunshaughlin) clearly missed Conor Gray in the middle of the field. Timmy O'Sullivan's kickouts were very poor and Charlie O'Connor (who played excellently) was forced to do it all on his own. Ashbourne got something like 0-9 without reply and deserved their 0-15 to 0-8 lead at HT -- in fact, they should have been further in front. A crucial moment in the game was when O'Connor scored a spectacular two-pointer against the wind just before halftime -- that was big. But the performance for the entire first half and most of the second half was just very disappointing from a Dunshaughlin POV. They looked slow, made stupid decisions regarding possession and kickouts, and their defending around the arc was atrocious -- Bryan Mention and Tormey ran the show. The changes did reinvigorate Dunshaughlin though, and they started to play for the final 20 minutes -- O'Connor played some lovely balls inside to substitute Luke Mitchell, who did well and took his goal to bring the gap to 2 well. Mathew Costello also grew into the game and he played his best football since February with a well-taken two-pointer and some single pointers. Ultimately, though, Ashbourne's better decision on the ball prevented the comeback. Then, Dunshaughlin's defense became a comedy of errors, and they practically danced through for the goal. Ashbourne deserved to win and now Dunshaughlin must beat Kells (Gaeil Colmcille) in the next match or they are out of the Championship, which would be seismic. I was very disappointed leaving the grounds.

To single out players, Bryan Menton and Andy Tormey played excellently. They both played 60 minutes and kicked two-pointers -- Tormey was particularly good with his free-taking and link play. As for Dunshaughlin, Charlie O'Connor played excellently. He had some great scores, acted as a playmaker and was immense in midfield. He was by far Dunshaughlin's best player on the pitch. Mathew Costello was very quiet for 40 minutes, only occasionally chipping in, but he grew into the game with a few scores and his leadership was evident. Conor Duke was lively in the first few minutes, but after ballooning a free a mile wide he totally went out of the game and wasn't seen after that. This is the thing holding Duke back, his confidence is so fragile. Aaron Murphy was well-marked after his 0-13 display last time, and often took greedy/selfish options.

It'll be interesting to see if Dunshaughlin will manage to get out of the group now. Some hammering by Rathkenny onto Kilbride, things are looking grim for them

RoyalStalwart24 (Meath) - Posts: 106 - 21/08/2026 19:02:49    2690813

There have been some serous hammerings handed out in the first 2 rounds this year. Time for a serous revamp to make club football more competitive

Rickoshay (Meath) - Posts: 54 - 21/08/2026 23:17:11    2690834

Dunshaughlin in a bit of bother, Kells will love to put them out of the championship and are capable of it. I know Dunshaughlin are missing Gray and Kinsella but they still have Costello, O Connor and Duke who will all need to play really well for the rest of the championship.

Ratoath and Tones are a bit a head of the pack at the minute, both are stronger than last year. Summerhill have come back a bit, losing Ryan and Flanagan has just made them a little vulnerable.

UsernameInvalid (Meath) - Posts: 474 - 22/08/2026 09:14:57    2690842