Meath's narrow victory

Meath staged a fine second-half recovery to defeat UCD by 1-13 to 0-15 in the O'Byrne Cup at Navan this afternoon. However, Louth impressive 1-17 to 0-9 victory over Longford at Drogheda means that the Wee County qualify from the group and will host Dublin in a semi-final in Drogheda next Sunday. Meath trailed by 0-7 to 0-9 at the interval against UCD, but ti was the introduction of Brian Meade after the break that gave Meath a boost. Damien Carroll scored the Meath goal and the result means that manager Mick O'Dowd is unbeaen after three games. TEAM David Lyons (Seneschalstown) Caolan Young (Summerhill) Caoimhín King (Dunshaughlin) Sean Curran (Donaghmore Ashbourne) Cormac Rowe (Syddan) Eoghan Harrington (Wolfe Tones) Stephen Crosby (Drumconrath) 0-1 Conor Gillespie ( Summerhill) Conor Sheridan( Simonsown Gaels) Sean Tobin (Simonstown Gaels) 0-1 Mark Collins(Duleek Bellewstown) 0-1 Darragh Mc Namara (Drumbaragh) 0-2 David Bray (Navan O Mahonys) Brian Farrell (Nobber) 0-5 Andrew Tormey (Donaghmore Ashbourne) SUBS Jamie Queeney for McNamara, Brian Meade 0-2 for C Sheridan, Damien Carroll 1-0 for Bray, Darren Hagan for King, Graham Reilly 0-1 for Tobin.