Meath team to face Kerry announced
Meath manager Martin Ennis has named a strong team as the Royal County return to the Leinster SHC for the first time since 2004 when they tackle Kerry in the round robin series at Páirc Tailteann tomorrow, 3pm.
Kilmessan's Steven Clynch played in that game in 2004 and will start tomorrow at centrr-forward with Kiltale's Mark O'Sullivan, who scored three goals in the NHL Div 2B final over Wicklow named at full-forward.
Team captain Damien Healy is named at full-back and this week he told the Meath Chronicle:
“There is no reason, with the team we have, that we can't go on and get to the quarter-final.'
'Certainly the team's expectations aren't to win just one game, our realistic expectation is to reach the quarter-finals.
“We played Kerry away two years ago in the Christy Ring Cup and they beat us by two points, but the team is completely different now, we are a different animal now than we were two years ago,”
Meath - Shane McGann (Kiltale); Shane Whitty (Blackhall Gaels), Damien Healy (Longwood), Cormac Reilly (Navan O'Mahonys); Shane Brennan (Kilmessan), Daragh Kelly (Ratoath), Keith Keoghan (Killyon); Anthony Forde (Kiltale), Joey Keena (Kilmessan); Sean Quigley (Dunboyne), Steven Clynch (Kilmessan), James Kelly (Kiltale); Gavin McGowan (Ratoath), Mark O’Sullivan (Kiltale), Adam Gannon (Killyon).
Admission to game is €10 for adults.