Kehoe Cup: easy for Royals
January 26, 2015
Meath full back Shane Brennan
Meath 7-18
Louth 2-8
New Meath manager Martin Ennis picked up his second win in the space of a week with this comfortable Kehoe Cup second round victory over Louth at Darver.
After a tough opening round win over St Pats Mater Dei at Pairc Tailteann, Meath had no problem dispatching the Louth challenge, with the Wee County losing their opening game to Longford.
Playing with the elements the winners were ahead at the break 5-13 to 0-0. Kildalkey's Paddy Connelly finished top scorer for Meath with 1-7 while Seanie Doyle (Kilmessan) in his first senior start scored 3-1. Michael Dunne, Gary Kelly and Anthony Healy also raised green flags for the winners. Louth aided by the wind came more in to the game in the second half and got goals from Gerard Smyth and Gavin Kane. Meath had James Toher dismissed early in the second half (second yellow) also introduced Luke Martyn and Sean Quigley to the fray for their first taste of county senior hurling action.
Next up for Meath is Longford in Trim while Louth face St Pats in Darver.
Meath - Charlie Bird; Karl Ennis, Shane Brennan, Anthony Donnelly; Ciaran Joyce (0-1), Colm Doyle, Shane McGrath; Ger Foley, Seanie Heavey (0-1); Paddy Conneely (1-7), Padraig Keogh (0-3), Gary Kelly (1-0); Adam Gannon (0-2), Michael Dunne (1-1), Seanie Doyle (3-1). Subs: James Toher for C Doyle, Luke Martyn (0-1) for P Conneely, Darren Reilly (0-1) for S Heavey, Aanthony Healy (1-0) for A Gannon, Sean Quigley for M Dunne.
Louth - A Carter; E McKeown, J Carter, A McCrave; C Ryan, S Callan (0-1), G Rellis; J Condon, D O'Hanrahan; L Dwan (0-5), N Stanley, A Mackin; G O'Brien, G Smyth (1-2), O Drumm. Subs: R McKeown for E McKeown, C Deane for G O'Brien, G Kane (1-0) for G Smyth, S Connelly for O Drumm.
Referee - D Harrington.
