Meath made it two wins out of two when they ran out easy winners over a weakened Laois side in the Leinster U-15 Summer FT at Pairc Tailteann on Saturday. Meath 2-18 Laois 1-5 It took Meath a while to settle and registered four wides before Daniel Skelly opened Meath's account with a point. Further points were added by Mark Battersby and David Ryan before Derek Doran got Meath's first goal. David Ryan's point put Meath up seven points up before Laois got their first score (a goal). Points from David Ryan, Mark Battersby, Paul Conneally and Derek Doran to Laois's two points left five points between the sides at the break. H/T: Meath 1-7 Laois 1-2 Laois got two early points in the half that were matched by Meath and then had to wait to almost the final whistle to register their final score, while Meath's forwards were nearly always on target. Meath were in control in every sector, but know that they will have a much tougher outing when they face Offaly in Round 3. Scorers for Meath: David Ryan 0-7, Derek Doran 1-4, Sean Dalton 1-0, Darragh Devereux 0-2, Paul Conneally, Daniel Skelly, Mark Battersby, Robert Briody and Gary McGovern 0-1 each. Meath - Padraig Curran, S O'Brien, Brian McGrane, , David Farrell, Anthony Lynch, Ciaran Clusker, Tommy Johnson, Mark Battersby, John Kelly, Darragh Devereux , David Ryan, Daniel Skelly, Paul Conneally, Patrick Coakley, Derek Doran Subs: Andrew Tormey for Coakley, Stephen O'Keefe for Johnson, Patrick Kenny for Lynch, Carl Bourke for Conneally, D Hendricks for Skelly, Sean Dalton for Doran, S Ennis for Devereux, Robert Briody for Tormey, Donal McCarthy for O'Brien, Garry McGovern for Kelly, Colm McLoughlin for Farrell (Unlimited substitution) -------------------------------------- Louth 2-10 An Mhí 2-7 Louth built up a 5 point lead at the half in the Leinster U-15 Summer FT at Haggardstown on Friday, yet Meath dominated the first quarter, but were off target on no less than five times in this period. H/T: Louth 1-6 An Mhí 0-4 Louth built on their lead and led by 2-8 to 0-6 at one stage before Meath started their fight back after a penalty shot was wide of the target. This was to prove the difference in the end as Meath reduced the gap to just three points at the end. -------------------------------------------------- Leinster U-15 Football Summer Tournament 2005 Meath have two teams in this year's Leinster U-15 FT, which is divided into three groups and gets under way on Saturday, 25 June Round 1:- Saturday, 25th June Meath 2-7 Wexford 1-5 (At Bunclody) Longford 1-17 An Mhí 2-10 (At Oldcastle) Round 2:- Saturday, 9th July Meath 2-18 Laois 1-5 (At Pairc Tailteann) Louth 2-10 An Mhí 2-7 (At Haggardstown) -------------------------------------------- Meath's Groups Group 1: (1) Wexford (2) Meath (3) Laois (4) Offaly Group 3: (1) Wicklow (2) Louth (3) An Mhi (4) Longford Fixtures applying to each group Time of games - 2.30pm Round 1:- Saturday, 25th June - 1 v 2; 3 v 4 Round 2:- Saturday, 9th July - 2 v 3; 4 v 1 Round 3:- Saturday, 23rd July - 1 v 3; 2 v 4 For Round 3 it is envisaged that the 3 groups will be completed at the same venue (i.e. three venues) with games being played as the same time - venues to be confirmed. Tweet

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