Meath and Donegal will meet on Sunday afternoon in the semi-final of the GAA Football Championship and for only the fifth ever time in Championship Football. Ahead of that game, Robbie Brennan and his management team have named an unchanged XV from the side that lined out against Galway in the quarter-final.
The game will mark a first appearance in the last four of the Championship for Meath since 2009 when Kerry won out.
As he has done all season, Billy Hogan will line out in goals and he has what is by now a familiar looking full back line in front of him with Seamus Lavin and Ronan Ryan in the corners and Seán Rafferty manning the edge of the square at full back.
Centre back Seán Coffey will be making his twentieth Championship appearance on Sunday and he is flanked in the half back line by Donal Keogan and team vice-captain Ciarán Caulfield.
At midfield, Adam O’Neill will be partnered by Bryan Menton who is edging ever closer to that 150th appearance in a Meath jersey.
Ruairí Kinsella will lead the attack from the forty alongside his clubmate Conor Duke who is at right half forward and Keith Curtis who switches out from full forward to left half forward.c
Having lined out at left half forward the last day, Mathew Costello moves in the opposite direction to Curtis as he now fulls the no.14 jersey and he is joined in the inside liine by Jordan Morris and Eoghan Frayne.
The replacements bench is unaltered from the game against Galway.
Player Name |
Club |
Total Appearances |
|
| 1. | Billy Hogan | Maigh Dearmhaí | 22 |
| 2. | Seamus Lavin | Naomh Peadar Dún Bóinne | 60 |
| 3. | Seán Rafferty | Na Fianna | 18 |
| 4. | Ronan Ryan | Druim Samhraidh | 56 |
| 5. | Donal Keogan | Rath Cheannaigh | 181 |
| 6. | Seán Coffey | Baile na Breacaighe | 30 |
| 7. | Ciarán Caulfield | Átha Troim | 31 |
| 8. | Bryan Menton | Domhnach Mór/Cill Dhéagláin | 148 |
| 9. | Adam O’Neill | Bhulf Tón | 36 |
| 10 | Conor Duke | Domhnach Seachnaill | 15 |
| 11. | Ruairí Kinsella | Domhnach Seachnaill | 21 |
| 12. | Keith Curtis | Rath Cheannaigh | 27 |
| 13. | Jordan Morris | Réaltaí Dún a Rí | 53 |
| 14. | Mathew Costello | Domhnach Seachnaill | 61 |
| 15. | Eoghan Frayne (Capt.) | Druim Samhraidh | 29 |
| 16. | Seán Brennan | Dún Doire | 15 |
| 17. | Brian O’Halloran | Baile Íomhair | 21 |
| 18. | Eoin Harkin | Dún Samhna | 33 |
| 19. | James McEntee | Currach Átha | 69 |
| 20. | Cian McBride | Naomh Ultain | 15 |
| 21. | Conor Gray | Domhnach Seachnaill | 12 |
| 22. | Aaron Lynch | Átha Troim | 29 |
| 23. | Daithí McGowan | Rath Tó | 32 |
| 24. | Shane Walsh | Na Fianna | 49 |
| 25. | Diarmuid Moriarty | Currach Átha | 18 |
| 26. | Cathal Hickey | Baile Sencaill | 51 |
Meath and Donegal Through The Ages
| 2019 | Donegal | 2-19 | 1-13 | Meath | Super 8’s | MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey |
| 2017 | Donegal | 1-15 | 1-14 | Meath | All-Ireland Qualifiers | Páirc Tailteann |
| 2002 | Donegal | 1-13 | 0-14 | Meath | All-Ireland Qualifiers | Croke Park |
| 1990 | Meath | 3-09 | 1-07 | Donegal | All-Ireland Semi-Final | Croke Park |
Match Officials
- Referee – Paul Faloon (An Dún)
- Standby Referee – Noel Mooney (An Cabhán)
- Line Umpire – Jerome Henry (Maigh Eo)
- Sideline Official – Sean Lonergan (Tiobraid Árann)
- Time Official – Eamon O’Grady (Liatroim)
- Hawkeye Official – David Grogan (Tiobraid Árann)
- Score Umpires – Noel Tumilty, Greg McGrath, Marty Tumilty & Aiden Woods
Meath Path to the Semi-Final
| Meath | 1-30 | 0-19 | Carlow | Leinster SFC Preliminary Quarter-Final | Páirc Tailteann |
| Meath | 1-25 | 0-21 | Offaly | Leinster SFC Quarter-Final | Páirc Tailteann |
| Meath | 0-23 | 1-16 | Dublin | Leinster SFC Semi-Final | Laois Hire O’Moore Park |
| Louth | 3-14 | 1-18 | Meath | Leinster SFC Final | Croke Park |
| Meath | 1-13 | 0-12 | Cork | GAA Football All-Ireland Championship Group 2 Round 1 | Páirc Tailteann |
| Roscommon | 2-15 | 0-21 | Meath | GAA Football All-Ireland Championship Group 2 Round 2 | King & Moffatt Dr. Hyde Park |
| Meath | 1-22 | 0-16 | Kerry | GAA Football All-Ireland Championship Group 2 Round 3 | Glenisk O’Connor Park |
| Meath | 2-16 | 2-15 | Galway | GAA Football All-Ireland Championship Quarter-Final | Croke Park |
Donegal Path to the Semi-Final
| Donegal | 1-25 | 1-15 | Derry | Ulster SFC Preliminary Round | MacCumhaill Park |
| Donegal | 0-23 | 0-21 | Monaghan | Ulster SFC Quarter-Final | St. Tiernach’s Park |
| Donegal | 1-19 | 0-16 | Down | Ulster SFC Semi-Final | St. Tiernach’s Park |
| Donegal | 2-23* | 0-28* | Armagh | Ulster SFC Final | St. Tiernach’s Park |
| Tyrone | 2-17 | 0-20 | Donegal | GAA Football All-Ireland SFC Group 1 Round 1 | MacCumhaill Prk |
| Donegal | 3-26 | 1-13 | Cavan | GAA Football All-Ireland SFC Group 1 Round 2 | Kingspan Breffni |
| Donegal | 0-19 | 1-15 | Mayo | GAA Football All-Ireland SFC Group 1 Round 3 | King & Moffatt Dr. Hyde Park |
| Donegal | 2-22 | 0-12 | Louth | GAA Football All-Ireland SFC Preliminary Quarter-Final | MacCumhaill Park |
| Donegal | 1-26 | 1-20 | Monaghan | GAA Football All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final | Croke Park |
- After Extra-Time
