Meath make it two from two at Ruislip
Meath made it two out of two this afternoon in Ruislip with a 1-24 to 1-14 NHL Div 2A victory over London for a place at the top of the table.
Manager Nick Fitzgerald made a number of changes to the team after last week's first round win over Kildare with
Kilmessan's Shane Brennan, Kiltale's Cathal McCabe and Dunboyne's Sean Quigley all starting.
The manager also made several positional switches with James Kelly and James Toher in the forwards while Jack Regan who scored 1-10 last week moved to midfield.
Kilmessan's Joey Keena wasn't part of the panel for today's visit to London while Adam Gannon and Colm O Mealoid both dropped to the bench, but were introduced as substitutes along with Eamon Ó Donnchadha, Mark O'Sullivan and Padraig Kelly.
Meath were ahead by 0-14 to 0-7 at the interval and when Sean Quigley added a goal in the second-half it sealed the victory. Jack regan was the top scorer with 10 points to move onto 1-20 for the campaign so far.
London's goal arrived with almost the last puck of the game.
Meath - Shane McGann; Chris Lynch, Damien Healy, Shane Brennan; Niall Weir, Darragh Kelly, Keith Keoghan; Anthony Forde, Jack Regan (0-10); Paddy Conneely (0-6), James Kelly (0-3), James Toher (0-3); Cathal McCabe, Neil Heffernan, Seán Quigley (1-1). Subs used - Eamon Ó Donnchadha (0-1), Colm O Mealoid, Mark O'Sullivan, Adam Gannon, Padraig Kelly.
London - James Barrett; Conor Hickey, Brian regan, William Campion; Darren Moore, Kevin Reid, Christopher McAlinden; Alan O'Leary, Colin Nelson; Owen Shiel, Richard Murphy, Tony Clarke; Cian Lordan, Martin Duggan, Shane Lawless.
NHL DIV 2A FACTFILE
RESULTS FOCUS
First round - Meath 1-16, Kildare 0-16; Westmeath 0-19; Carlow 0-15; Kerry 2-30; London 1-13.
Second round - Meath 1-24, London 1-14.
NEXT UP
Sunday 4th February - Kerry v Carlow; Westmeath v Kildare.
Sunday 18th February- Meath v Westmeath; Kildare v Kerry; London v Carlow.
TABLE
P W D L F A Pts
Meath 2 2 0 0 46 33 4
Kerry 1 1 0 0 36 16 2
Westmeath 1 1 0 0 19 15 2
Carlow 1 0 0 1 15 19 0
Kildare 1 0 0 1 16 19 0
London 2 0 0 2 33 63 0
FIRST ROUND FOCUS
Meath (v Kildare) - Shane McGann; Anthony Forde, Keith Keoghan, Chris Lynch; James Kelly (0-1), Damien Healy, James Toher (0-2); Darragh Kelly, Adam Gannon; Niall Weir, Colm O Mealoid, Joey Keena; Paddy Conneely (0-2), Jack Regan (1-10), Neil Heffernan. Subs - Eoin Marsh for Keena 21 mins, Eamonn O Donnchadha for Heffernan 25m, Sean Quigley (0-1) for Gannon 54m, Cathal McCabe for O Mealoid 57m, Padraig Kelly for Healy 71m.