Derry 1-14 Meath 1-7

Meath’s journey in the 2020 All Ireland Minor Football Championship came to an end today at the hands of a very good Derry side in Pairc Esler Newry.

In a low scoring first half the teams went in at the break level 0-4 each. A goal from Meath captain Eoghan Frayne 4 minutes in to the second half put his side 1-4 to 0-5 in front

Some excellent points from Derry pushed them 0-9 to 1-5 ahead before the games crucial score arrived, a goal from Dan Higgins to put Derry in control and they pushed on to win with ease.

Derry scorers: M Downey 0-8, D Higgins 1-0, M Doherty 0-2, J McDermott 0-1, C Shiels 0-1, C Diamond 0-1, L Murray 0-1

Meath scorers: Eoghan Frayne 1-1 Adam McDonnell 0-2, Ruairi Kinsella, Sean Emmanuel, John McDonagh and Liam Stafford 0-1 each

Derry: Kian McGonigle; Adam McGonigle, Eoin McEvoy, Connor Shiels; Donncha Gilmore, Patrick McGurk, Lee Brady; Dan Higgins, Patrick O’Kane; Jody McDermott, Charlie Diamond, Mark Doherty; Matthew Downey, Lachlan Murray, Niall O’Donnell.

Subs: Calum Downey Ryan McEldowney, Jude Moore.

Meath: Billy Hogan; Ben Moran, Liam Kelly, Ben Donnelly; Adam McDonnell, Oisín Kelly, Ciarán Caulfield; Seán Emmanuel, Conor Gray; John McDonagh, Liam Stafford, Mark Coffey; Alan Bowden, Eoghan Frayne, Ruairí Kinsella.

Subs: Aaron Murphy for Gray, Seán O’Donoghue for O Kelly, Godfrey Ehichoya for Kinsella, Jack Kinlough for Stafford, Donal Commons for McDonagh.

 

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