All-Ireland U16 A Final
Galway v Meath; St Rynagh's, Banagher, 7pm
Galway face Meath this evening in the LGFA
All-Ireland Under 16 Final looking to win the title for the third year in a
row.
Meath, in contrast, are back in the All-Ireland U16
A Final for the first time since 2009, when the Royal County defeated Donegal
to take the title.
That was Meath’s third All-Ireland U16 A
Championship win, following previous successes in 2000 and 2001.
In both of those years at the start of the
‘noughties’, Meath got the better of Galway in Finals. They’ll hope for a
similar result this evening.
In their semi-finals, Galway and Meath got past the
challenges of Cork and Cavan respectively.
Galway were extremely impressive in their victory
over Cork while Meath looked really good as they accounted for Cavan.
Galway have the Final experience, and that could
prove crucial. In total, there are seven players named who lined out from the
start in the gripping 2018 Final victory over Kerry, a classic tie in Toomevara
that went to extra-time.
Kate Slevin scored 1-7 in the 2018 Final and will
line out again in this one, while Chellene Trill, who was player of the match
against the Kingdom 12 months ago, captains the side.
Team Selector with Galway, Padraic Daveron, spoke to John Mulligan
The
Teams
Galway:
A Griffin; S Fahy, E Madden, S Brennan; K Kearney, C Trill, E O’Connor; E Power,
M Glynn; I Davoren, V Crowley, C Cleary; L Kelly, E Noone, K Slevin.
Meath:
A Corcoran; K Kealy, E.J. McKeon, E Regan; Z Matthews, L McEnery, M Clarke; E
Brodigan, T Foster-Carroll; A McNulty, A O’Dowd, C Smyth; N Smith, L O’Neil, N
McEntee.
