Trim recovered well after first round defeat and I expect them to qualify with Longwood. Toher and Heffernan when fit will be a big boost. Killyon despite poor league form are going well and played some good hurling in beating Kilmessan and will qualify, Keoghan hurling really well. Kildalkey and Kiltale will top group and be in semi's and final IMO. Good game last night, Kildalkey were the better team, Kiltale fought to the end and have McGann to thank with some great saves. Kildalkey looked comfortable throughout. I noticed Kiltale missing O'Sullivan and Durnin thru injuries, big losses while Kildalkey were down a lot of players too, Doran, Kelly and McNally not starting for some reason, and 2xKeogh's,Kearney,Rickard and Healy all from team from final last year not around so they will be very strong later in year too. Great final to look forward to already!

Redsalltheway (Meath) - Posts: 116 - 02/07/2018 10:26:35    2117560

begining (UK) - Posts: 300 - 02/07/2018 11:09:57    2117587

MillerX (Meath) - Posts: 1062 - 06/07/2018 22:02:43    2119236

Justin1 (Meath) - Posts: 9 - 09/07/2018 16:38:17    2120090

overthehill72 (Meath) - Posts: 334 - 10/07/2018 09:10:41    2120271

MillerX (Meath) - Posts: 1062 - 10/07/2018 23:18:30    2120586

Can see some disruption to the next round of this with the U-21 county hurlers in the All-Ireland B semi final which is due to be played next weekend.

Belt (Meath) - Posts: 253 - 15/07/2018 10:30:23    2121954

Blackhall Gaels v Boardsmill Blackhall by 3
Trim v Dunderry Trim by 7
Kildalkey v Ratoath Kildalkey by 2
Longwood v O'Mahonys Longwood by 8
Dunboyne v Killyon Killyon by 5
Kiltale v Kilmessan Kiltale by 12

overthehill72 (Meath) - Posts: 334 - 17/07/2018 15:40:18    2123191

Blackhall Gaels v Boardsmill Boardsmill by 2
Trim v Dunderry Trim by 12
Kildalkey v Ratoath Kildalkey by 3
Longwood v O'Mahonys Longwood by 10
Dunboyne v Killyon Killyon by 3
Kiltale v Kilmessan Kiltale by 8

Belt (Meath) - Posts: 253 - 17/07/2018 19:04:29    2123264

Blackhall Gaels v Boardsmill Boardsmill draw
Trim v Dunderry Trim by 10
Kildalkey v Ratoath Kildalkey by 10
Longwood v O'Mahonys Longwood by 8
Dunboyne v Killyon Killyon by 6
Kiltale v Kilmessan Kiltale by 8

Foley91 (Meath) - Posts: 418 - 17/07/2018 22:34:21    2123334

Trim V Dunderry should be a win for the town team but its a local derby so anything could happen, could get wild. Trim by 4+
Longwood V NOM. Will be pretty much the same result as the league final, Longwood will have to much Hurling for Navan. Longwood by 9+
Boardsmill V Blackhall. Tough one to call a win will set both sides up for a chance to qualify from the group. Blackhall were unlucky against trim the last day as were boardsmill. Possibly draw or Blackhall 2 (due to county players they've had over last few years)
Kildalkey V Ratoath. Ratoath could ruffle a few feathers with this game but its hard to see them winning, kildalkey should have too much with the players available to them. Kildalkey by 5+
Dunboyne V Killyon. Dunboyne are no great shakes and these are the games killyon love to play. With their underage talent coming through and them being a traditional"championship team", they could be third favourites to win the Jubilee this year. Killyon 8+
Kiltale V Kilmessan. The former kingpins against the current ones. Kiltale are the team to catch again and will be coming up against a poor Kilmessan team that will be doing well to avoid dropping to the weaker side of the championship next year. Kiltale by 10+

peterpan1 (Meath) - Posts: 9 - 19/07/2018 13:36:28    2123758

Blackhall Gaels v Boardsmill - Blackhall by 5, Morris and Whitty will have too much for a young Boardsmill side
Trim v Dunderry - Trim by 10+, Really feel this Trim side will come of age this year when injuries to all their county players heal. Trim are lucky they are playing a poor Dunderry side this round as they are supposedly missing many.
Kildalkey v Ratoath - Kildalkey by 3, Clash of the round, Really enjoy watching this Ratoath side play as McGowan is a top class forward and they play to their strengths. Still see Kildalkey edging it and I feel they have the firepower to win this years SHC.
Longwood v O'Mahonys - Longwood by 5, As the saying goes they'll be hard bet and I feel Longwood having won their first two games will kick on and top this group with ease.
Dunboyne v Killyon - Dunboyne by 2. I really think both these teams are at the weakest they have been in years and are very much vulnerable in Group 1. Although Killyon have two wins on the board I still think if Dunboyne can limit Gannons influence they will have too much.
Kiltale v Kilmessan - Kiltale by 10+. Never have I seen a Kilmessan team as poor and this is due to the neglect of underage the last few years. Kiltale showed great resilience to get a draw last time out and this one could be over by half time. Pity really.

Meathgaalad (Meath) - Posts: 169 - 19/07/2018 19:47:37    2123846

Blackhall Gaels v Boardsmill Blackhall by 5. Should have to much for Boardsmill.
Trim v Dunderry Trim by 8. Dunderry have improved this year but still struggling. Trim should win and should get out of the group.
Kildalkey v Ratoath. Kildalky by 2. Ratoath bounced back from first round defeat should of learned from it but kildalky will be a step to far.
Longwood v O'Mahonys Longwood to win handy and the ones to catch in the group.
Dunboyne v Killyon Killyon by 4. Killyon had a big win over kildalky in the league last week and seem to be coming good when they need it. Not realy sure what above comment is saying they are in trouble a win here and they are in at least third in the group. A loss for Dunboyne and there year is as good as over.
Kiltale v Kilmessan. Kiltale by 8. Kilmessan pushed Killyon with 14 for most of the game. Reilly will be a big loss for them in this game and kilmessans year could be up after the weekend. Kiltale moving nicely but the chasing pack are closing in on them.

hurlinglad15 (Meath) - Posts: 36 - 19/07/2018 21:19:44    2123874

Well what can be said. Group A is really now going to turn into a dog fight. Wasn't expecting performances from either ratoath or kilmessan. Really thought kilmessan had wrote off the year but fair play to them.

Foley91 (Meath) - Posts: 418 - 23/07/2018 08:37:13    2124966

Huge game by kilmessan every team is on an even par now and it's anyones guess what way the group will look. Killyon are the only team mathematicaly in a quarter final now and will be hoping to push on into the semi. 3 other spots up for grabs with 5 teams. Dunboyne will struggle to get out now and it would be a shame to see kilmessan not make it after beating kiltale. Huge games in 2 weeks. If Rathoath can push on and beat kiltale and killyon beat kildalky it would realy shake things up.

hurlinglad15 (Meath) - Posts: 36 - 23/07/2018 09:46:00    2125001

Was at the trim vs dunderry game. one of the worst standards of hurling iv seen in a long time and I'm including junior games in that. Trim look unfit and some with some seriously overweight. Douglas kept them in the game on his own and was even in the full back line at times to sort it out.

Dunderry caused major problem through the very impressive lukey martyn and liam Dempsey caused trim a lot of problems in the middle.

Cant see Trim getting into final stages without Toher and Heffernan.

Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 630 - 23/07/2018 12:09:43    2125118

I managed to see the Kildalkey v Ratoath game and the Kiltale v Kilmessan game yesterday.
Kildalkey v Ratoath - the Ratoath defense handled the Kildalkey forwards very well which I think was key to them winning. Number 2 for Ratoath was the first to everything and breaking balls down and he's a very slight player. A mess in defense for Ratoath led to the Kildalkey 2nd goal, so they'll need to work on that. Gavin McGowan was very good and scoring from all angles. Hopefully his brother Jack's injury isn't anything too serious. Dara Kelly was misfiring from his frees, so Ratoath could have been up by more. But in saying that, Kilkdalkey also didn't have their shooting boots on, so they will rue their missed chances.

Kiltale v Kilmessan - this was a great game, great crowd at it too. It was as you'd expect it to be, back and forth between each other. It seemed like Kiltale were going to win until Kilmessan nicked it in the final few minutes with the goal and then it was just a case of ensuring Kiltale didn't get a goal and getting a few more points to seal the win. Again, alot of missed points, from Kiltale especially.

B52M (Meath) - Posts: 15 - 23/07/2018 12:54:42    2125146

Meathgaalad (Meath) - Posts: 169 - 23/07/2018 13:07:46    2125160

I think it has to be said that the new format is a success ....so far at least. Be interesting to see how the Group B qualifiers fare in their quarter finals - I thought there would have been a bigger gap between Trim and Longwood and the other Group B teams but all games have been competitive to date.

Kilmessan's win against Kiltale has given them a chance to get back in the mix and the last two rounds will be interesting. It's the same in Group B with 5 teams still in with a shout of qualifying. Only Dunboyne and Dunderry are out of the running with Dunderry heading back to intermediate after a short 2 year stay,

Belt (Meath) - Posts: 253 - 24/07/2018 10:19:01    2125572

overthehill72 (Meath) - Posts: 334 - 24/07/2018 12:09:02    2125620