Congratulation to Trevor Giles and the Minor Footballers who defeated Dublin on Tuesday evening in the Electric Ireland Leinster Minor Football Championship Semi-Final in Parnell Park.
The victory sees the young Royals progress to the Leinster Final on Friday May 22 against Kildare, in what will be a repeat of the 2018 decider.
Ahead by 2-04 to 1-03 at the interval following goals by Milo Stafford from a penalty and Cormac McKenna, Meath fell behind after 51 minutes when Dublin went ahead by a point, 2-07 to 2-06 but Meath dug deep from there on and cam surging back to win out by 6 points.
SCORERS
Meath: Milo Stafford 1-4 (1-0 pen, 1 ’45, 1f), Cormac McKenna 1-1, Conn Brennan 0-3, Harry McGuirk 0-3 (1x2pt), Thomas McKeever 0-1, Leo Kavanagh 0-1, Dara Loughran 0-1.
Dublin: Patrick Cahill 1-2 (1f), Eoghan Madden 1-1, James McCaghy 0-3 (1x2ptf), Max Morrison 0-1, Mo Salami 0-1.
Meath: Cormac Fitzsimons; Ben Browne, Tomás Clarke, Niall Rogan; Liam O’Donoghue, John Killoran, Niall Smyth; Alex Keane, Tomás Proudfoot; Cormac McKenna, Harry McGuirk, Conn Brennan; Cormac Walsh, Milo Stafford, Dara Loughran.
Subs: Leo Kavanagh for Proudfoot (44), Thomas McKeever for Walsh (48).
Dublin: Jamie Galvin; David Lombard, Adam Becton, Andrew Davis; Cormac Doran, James McCaghy, Bobby Doyle; Colm O’Carroll, Daniel Guilfoyle; Max Morrison, Mo Salami, Cian O’Dwyer; Patrick Cahill, Jamie Heavey, Eoghan Madden.
Subs: Conor O’Brien for Guilfoyle (h-t), Andy McDonnell for Heavey (40).
By Meath GAA Wed 13th May
