U16 footballers defeat Meath to progress to Gerry Reilly final

Mon, 13th July 2015

DUBLIN 3-15 MEATH 0-7

Dublin’s under-16 footballers continued their impressive form in the Gerry Reilly Tournament when they defeated Meath, operating a split squad with two teams in the competition, on Sunday night in Oldcastle, Meath.

The Dubs will now face an unbeaten Cavan, the reigning holders, in the final on Sunday, July 26 (7.30pm) in Millbrook, Oldcastle.

The Dubs made a lightening start with the impressive Richie English goaling after only 12 seconds. The St Jude’s lad added a pointed free into the third minute of play as Dublin settled well into the game.

Ballyboden St Enda’s Ross McGarry pointed for Dublin. The Dubs also created two goal-scoring chances but were denied on both occasions – with Meath keeper pushing both out for ‘45s’ one of which English converted as the Dubs entered the break 1-6 to 0-4 to the good.

A Tom Fadden converted free on the restart reduced the gap to four points but then Dublin got the upperhand by adding six unanswered points.

Dublin who went on to add two goals through Andrew Doolin and a Ross McGarry penalty.

Dublin's Karl Bissett received the Millbrook Food Market 'Man of the Match' award from Eddie O'Reilly (Oldcastle GFC).

SCORERS – Dublin: R English 1-6 (0-2f, 0-1 ‘45’), R McGarry 1-1 (1-0 pen), A Doolin 1-0, K Bissett 0-2, N Mathews (0-1f), E O’Dea, L Doran, J Doran, N O’Leary, S Hawkshaw 0-1 each. Meath: T Fadden 0-3 (0-2f), C Aherne 0-2, P Conway, S Blackwell 0-1.

DUBLIN: David O'Hanlon; Dara O'Boyle, Liam Flatman, Ruairi Kerins; Luke Walsh, Neil Mathews, Eoin O'Dea; Luke Doran, Karl Bissett; Emmet Allen, James Doran, Niall O'Leary; Daniel Brennan, Ross McGarry, Richie English. Subs: Seán Hawkshaw, Conor Carberry, James Madden, Ryan Meeney, Andrew Doolin, Rian Fitzsimons.

MEATH: Seán Hogan; Jacob Ryan, Mickey Farrell, Oisín Ginnity; Eoin Doogan, Sam Reynolds, Andrew Gerrard; Jack McNally, Josh McCloskey; Frank Carty, Paddy Conway, Conal Aherne; Joseph Donnelly, Tom Fadden, Frankie Cullen. Subs: Conor Heffernan, Leigh Sullivan, Robert Wogan, Seán Blackwell, Alan Wall, Jake McGovern, Keith Connell, Mikey Mullen

REF: N Hand (Louth).

Gerry Reilly U-16 FT 2015
Group A: Cavan, Meath, Monaghan, Wicklow
Group B: Dublin, Louth, Meath, Westmeath

Rd.1 results
Gr.A: Cavan 0-13 Monaghan 1-9
Gr.A: Meath 3-12 Wicklow 1-12
Gr.B: Meath 0-16 Westmeath 2-7
Gr.B: Dublin 6-7 Louth 0-9

Rd.2: Results
Gr A: Cavan 2-21 Wicklow 0-7
Gr A: Meath 2-12 Monaghan 2-10
Gr B: Louth 1-13 Meath 2-9
Gr B: Dublin 5-15 Westmeath 2-10

Rd.3: Results
Sunday, 12 July
Gr.B: Dublin 3-15 Meath 0-7
Gr.A: Cavan 2-16 Meath1-8

Fixtures
Saturday, 18 July
Gr.A: Monaghan v Wicklow (Millbrook, Time TBC)
Gr.B: Louth v Westmeath (Millbrook, Time TBC)

• The tournament to be run on a ‘round robin’ basis, each team plays each other in their group. 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw
• Group positions based on score difference in the event of teams on same points
• Top teams in each group qualify for the Gerry Reilly Cup Final (Cavan v Dublin)
• Second team in each group qualify for the Gerry Reilly Plate Final
• Third team in each group qualify for the Gerry Reilly Shield Final

Finals (Plate & Shield - Sat.24 July) (Cup - Sun.25 July

Winners of the Gerry Reilly Cup to date:
Westmeath 1990, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2011
Meath 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2007
Dublin 1993, 1998, 2008 (U-17 Blitz), 2012, 2013
Cavan 1997, 2004, 2006, 2014

Winners of the Gerry Reilly Plate to date:
Meath 2013
Wicklow 2014

Winners of the Gerry Reilly Shield to date:
Westmeath 2013
Meath 2014