Meath captain popular with dublin pupils team announced for down game
Meath captain Donal Keogan took time out yesterday with pupils from two primary schools in Dublin ahead of tomorrow night's NFL Div 2 game against Down in Newry to promote life-long recreation and community health.
The pupils from St Enda's, Whitefriar Street and Presentation, Warrenmount participated at the 2015 REACH RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Sports Day and the Meath captainw as a popular with the boys and girls.
The Rathkenny man will start in the corner back position tomorrow night with James McEntee and Eamon Wallace both in the line up for the televised game at the expense of David Dalton and David Bray.
Dalton and Bray were both substituted in last Sunday's defeat by Roscommon and Meath go to Newry knowing that a win is essential to sustain the push for promotion and also to avoid the possibility of relegation worries.
The Meath team is - Paddy O’Rourke; Donncha Tobin, Conor McGill, Donal Keogan; Mickey Burke, Kevin Reilly, Brian Power;Bryan Menton, Adam Flanagan; Graham Reilly, Padraic Harnan; James Mc Entee; Eamon Wallace, Michael Newman, Mark O Sullivan.
NFL DIV 2 TABLE P W D L F A Pts
DOWN 5 4 0 1 91 73 8
ROSCOMMON 5 3 1 1 88 83 7
MEATH 5 2 1 2 77 70 5
LAOIS 5 2 1 2 74 71 5
CAVAN 5 2 1 2 65 67 5
GALWAY 5 2 0 3 77 81 4
WESTMEATH 5 2 0 3 69 86 4
KILDARE 5 1 0 4 78 88 2
NEXT UP
Saturday - Down v Meath; Cavan v Westmeath; Laois v Kildare.
Saturday - Roscommon v Galway.
Sunday 5th April - Meath v Cavan; Westmeath v Roscommon; Down v Laois; Galway v Kildare.