Even after McHugh’s point, Thomas O’Reilly spurned a glorious chance to restore parity and goalscorer McGonagle made a telling late block. “Four down going into the last quarter, it would have been easy for that young team to fold, but they stuck at it,” Bonner said. Scorers for Meath:D Campion, M Newman (2f) 0-3 each, J McEntee, S McEntee, N Kane 0-2 each, E Devine, B Menton 0-1 each. DONEGAL:M.A McGinley; C Morrison, B McCole, E Gallagher; C Ward, E Doherty, R McHugh; H McFadden, M Langan; N O’Donnell, C Thompson, C McGonagle; M O’Reilly, M McElhinney, J Brennan. MEATH:A Colgan; S Lavin, C McGill, R Ryan; J McEntee, D Keogan, N Kane; B Menton, S McEntee; E Devine, B Brennan, B McMahon; D Campion, M Newman, T O’Reilly.

Source: Irish Examiner February 04, 2019 06:56 UTC