Ratoath will hope to complete the first part of what would be a historic double in Meath when they take on Summerhill in the senior football championship final at Pairc Tailteann (2.15pm).

In what is a repeat of last year’s decider in the Royal County, the same result would set-up Ratoath ahead of their senior hurling championship final against Kildalkey the following weekend - the third time in four years that they'll contest both finals.

Speaking to GAA.ie this week, club chairman Oliver Byrne said “it would be just huge” if they could pull off the feat over the next 10 days.

“It was massive for us to get over Trim in the hurling semi-final because they’ve always had our number, and we feel like our hurlers are just coming good at the right time. We've got people back from injury, people back from J1s, we're just coming at the right time. And it's the same in the football,” he stated.

“Joey Wallace was injured for a long time, he did his cruciate at the end of last year, and he came on for the first time this year as a 10-minute cameo in the semi-final. We will hopefully see more of him in the final.

“You'd like to think it's all coming good but they're going to be two tough matches. Summerhill have been beaten in so many finals and are probably sick to their teeth of us and won't want to be beaten again. They've been very impressive all through the championship whereas we limped a little bit against Dunshaughlin and Wolfe Tones.

“And then, in the hurling, Kildalkey are flying as a hurling club at the moment. They're in the senior final, intermediate final, and Junior A Final, so they're on a high at the moment and won't fear us whatsoever.

“But this is our third bite at the cherry for the double. We would love nothing more than to do it.

“You kind of get that feeling in your stomach where you don't want to think about it but we can’t wait for it either. It would be just huge if we could do it.”

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