Reilly returns for Meath

Graham Reilly returns to the Meath starting 15 for Saturday night's crunch NFL Div 2 clash with Down at Páirc Táilteann.

With injury ruling out Mickey Burke and Bryan McMahon also out of contention because of his involvement with the Meath u-21s set to play Dublin in the Leinster final next Wednesday, manager Mick o'Dowd has been forced into two changes with Reilly and Caolan Young coming into the team.

Young will replace Burke at corner-back, while Reilly will be a direct replacement for McMahon. 

Padraic Harnan is also ruled out of consideration for a start because of u-21 committments, while O'Dowd is also without Conor Gillespie, Brian Meade, Cillian o'Sullivan, Eamon Wallace and Davy Dalton because of injury.

 

Meath ( v Down) - P O'Rourke; D Keogan, K Reilly, C Young; S Curran, E Harrington, D Carroll; B Menton, S O'Rourke; D Tobin, A Tormey, G Reilly; D McDonagh, S Bray, M Newman. Subs - C McHugh, S Kenny, P Gilsenan, D Larkin, D Bray, M O'Sullivan, S Gillespie, C McPartland.

 

Fergal Lynch