Meath Hill 2-8 Oldcastle 0-10

Meath Hill needed extra time to see off Oldcastle and claim the Corn na Boinne title played at Millbrook.

Meath Hill and Oldcastle battled hard on Wednesday evening in a contest where no quarter was given. Gary Breslin was in great form from the start as he bore holes in a miserly Oldcastle defence. Both teams traded scores with Cormac Sheehy and Jack Slavin to the fore with long range efforts .

Meath Hill would get a goal before half time as Breslin came out and foraged for the ball and decided to attack the Oldcastle goal, he slalomed between Olcastle defenders avoiding tackles to dispatch a right-footed effort to the Oldcastle net. Meath Hill went in at the break 1-3 to 0-4 in front. The second half followed the same pattern as the first as both teams traded scores.

The game would end a draw and extra-time would be an eventful affair with 3 Oldcastle players given black cards, one of which would result in a penalty. Meath Hill’s goalkeeper Dominic Yorke would smash the ball to the net and with only minutes remaining in extra-time Meath Hill had done enough to claim their second cup in a week.

A wonderful team effort.

Meath Hill scorers: Meath Hill - Gary Breslin 1-5, Dominic Yorke 1-2, Cormac Sheehy 0-1.

Meath Hill:  D.Yorke, M.Carolan, T.Carolan, J.Slavin, A.Monaghan ,C.Marry, P.Griffin, P.Matthews , J.P. Slavin, C.Sheehy, C.Farrelly, G.Breslin, J.Mooney© ,S.McCabe, J.McMahon

Subs: G.Boylan, B.Gogarty ,D.Martin, K.Martin , M.Tully

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