It's Meath vs Louth on Sunday in the 2017 Leinster Football Senior Championship Quarter-Finals on Sunday in Parnell Park (throw-in 3pm) - captain Graham Reilly looks ahead to the upcoming campaign as Meath target a run in the Provincial series which could see them potentially face Dublin in the Final on July 16 Tickets for Meath vs Louth are priced for adults at €15 for the Terrace and €20 for the stand, with juveniles prices at €5. Tickets can be purchased at selected SuperValu and Centra stores nationwide, visit http://www.gaa.ie/tickets/where-to-buy/ to find a SuperValu and Centra store close to you!
Sunday June 4
Leinster Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final
Louth v Meath, Parnell Park 3pm
By William Dunne
Louth gained promotion from Division 3 of the Allianz Football League this spring and had to overcome a hard working Wicklow outfit in the first round of the Leinster Championship.
It was a case of so near, but yet so far for the Royals in this year’s league as they finished up third in Division 2.
Speaking at the launch of the Leinster football Championship, Meath boss Andy McEntee has earmarked a provincial final as a target for the county and a win on Sunday will leave them just one game away from realizing that objective.
“Well it’s certainly an aim for us, it’s one of our goals is to get to a Leinster Final,” McEntee says. “So it would all depend on how you perform in the Leinster Final if you were to get there.
“Meath have got to play Dublin in the last couple of years and haven’t really produced much so our real goal is to be a consistently hard-working, difficult team to beat”, said McEntee.
Former Ballyboden St Enda’s boss McEntee believes that while the Dubs have raised the bar, it is up for other counties to follow highlighting Louth as one of the sides that are making progress.
“Meath are putting their structures in place and by putting structures in place things have improved a lot in the last couple of years. I think it’s obvious that Kildare are doing the same and I think most of the counties; Louth, Westmeath, I think everybody is improving.
“Dublin probably stole a march on everybody and they have some natural advantages, but I think ultimately they will be responsible for raising the standards in Leinster overall.”
As for Louth, they are coming into the quarter-final with a Championship victory; the Wee County ran out five point winners in a tough encounter against Johnny Magee’s Wicklow.
Louth’s Eoin O’Connor produced a brilliant display against Wicklow and will be one to watch for Meath as well as free-take Ryan Burns, who scored against the Garden County with one score coming from play.
Whoever emerges from Sunday’s Parnell Park clash faces a Leinster Semi-Final against the winners of the Kildare and Laois clash.
LOUTH: Craig Lynch; Padraig Rath, Patrick Reilly, Kevin Carr; Conal McKeever, John Bingham, Darren Marks; Tommy Durnin, James Stewart; Anthony Williams, Paraic Smith, Bevan Duffy; Ruari Moore, Eoin O’Connor, Ryan Burns.
MEATH: Paddy O'Rourke; Mickey Burke, Conor McGill, Donnacha Tobin; Padraic Harnan, Donal Keogan, Shane McEntee; Bryan Menton, Ronan Jones; James McEntee, Cillian O'Sullivan, Eamon Wallace; Graham Reilly, Bryan McMahon, Donal Lenihan.
