Gaeil Colmcille 3-10 O'Mahonys 0-12

The introduction of Ryan Farnham and Barry Farrelly proved vital as Gaeil Colmcille collected their first win in Group C of the Meath Junior Football Championship played in Athboy. Last years Junior B FC winners drew with Summerhill in their opening round.

The experienced pair, introduced to the action in the first half, accounted for 1-5 of the winners total.

Liam Byrne found the O'Mahonys net in the first half but the Navan club went in at the break 1-5 to 0-10 in front.

Gaeil Colmcille: James Flanagan, Conor Arkins, Michael Foley, Adam Muldoon, Danny Muldoon, Brian Byrne, Eoin Doogan, Sean King, Evan Sheridan 0-1 Niall Williams, Shane Bennett, Liam Byrne 1-0, Gary Arkins 1-2, Cormac Mattimoe, Dylan Roche 0-2. Subs: Barry Farrelly 0-3 for Bennett, Ryan Farnhan 1-2 for Byrne, Conor Murray for Mattimoe, Gary McGovern for G. Arkins.

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Navan O'Mahony's 0-12 Gaeil Colmcille 3-10

Gaeil Colmcille got the better start, rattling the O'Mahony's net within the first minute of the match before Conor Brady had to replace an injured Dillon. Playing with a strong wind in the first half, O'Mahony's bounced back from this early setback and took some good long distance scores in the first half with Smyth, McGuinness, Fox and O'Toole all contributing to the scoreboard to leave the Navan side 0-10 to 1-05 up at the break. 

Gaeil Colmcille once again got off to the better start and within 5 minutes of the restart scored 1-03. O'Mahony's struggled to recover from this and the Kells side pushed on to emerge as 3-10 to 0-12 victors.

O'Mahonys: D Quirke, D Reilly, S Crosby, S Doherty,  E Power, M O'Reilly, N Kearney, E Coffey (0-01), P Dillon, A Mallon, C McGuinness (0-02), G Fox (0-01), C O'Toole (0-03), D Dillon, S Smyth (0-05). Subs: C Brady for Dillon (2), E Murtagh for Reilly (62)

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