Meath 2-12 Tyrone 1-14:STEPHEN COOGAN grabbed a dramatic late goal to give Meath a sensational victory at Newry last night.
Meath made a dream start with a goal after just 12 seconds, Barry Dardis palming to the net at he far post.
However, Tyrone responded with a superb fifth-minute goal, Seán Hackett drilling the ball to the bottom corner of the net and the sides went in at the break on level terms on 1-7 each.
Tyrone missed a handful of scoreable opportunities in the second half, but the efforts of Mark Bradley helped set up a thrilling climax before Meath rallied for Coogan to scramble home the dramatic match-winning goal.
MEATH: J Hannigan; D Smith, B Power, S Gallagher; P Kennelly, P Harnan, R O Coilean; A Flanagan, S McEntee; C O’Sullivan (0-3), J Daly (0-1), J McEntee; B Dardis (1-0), S Coogan (1-4), F Ward (0-4, 3f). Subs: R Burlingham for Hannigan, A Neary for Smyth, P Kennelly for Daly.
TYRONE: D Martin; R Mullan, P Hampsey, C Harvey; C Corr, C Mallon, R Brennan; D McNulty (0-1), A Devlin; K McGeary, M Cassidy (0-1), R Sludden; M Bradley (0-6), J McGahan (0-4, two frees), S Hackett (1-2, 0-1f). Subs: R McGlone for Sludden, D Carroll for McNulty.
Referee: F Kelly (Longford).
Next Up . . .
In the All-Ireland minor football semi-finals, Mayo will meet Meath in Croke Park on Sunday, August 26th, while, the following weekend, Dublin will take on Kerry.
