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tactical awareness to slow things down and retain possession, much as they had done throughout the third quarter, and a brace of late scores from their substitute Mark Tully saw them over the line.
MEATH HILL: Dominic Yorke; Barry Kieran, Ryan Owens, Conor Marry; Thomas McGrath 0-1, Kieran Slavin, Chris Yorke 0-1 f; Jason Yorke 0-2, Keith Ginnity; James Mooney, Pearse McGrath 0-4, Michael McCabe; Ian Malone 0-2f, Simon Martin, Thomas Rooney 0-2. Subs: Mark Tully 0-2 (1f) for McCabe (32min), Matthew Carolan for C Yorke (60 +2), Thomas Smith for Malone (60 +2).
GLEN EMMETS: Fergus Barnett; Keith Boylan, Evan English, Niall Hackett; Ronan Carr, Stephen Healy, Andrew Mooney 0-2; Mark Garvey, Ronan Grufferty 0-3 (2f); David Bracken, Ian Cusack, James Butler 0-4 (1f); Damien Grimes 0-2, Sean Byrne, Keelan O’Neill. Subs: Jamie Farnan for S Byrne (34min), Joseph Farrelly for Hackett (42), Derrick Johnson for Carr (45, BC), Robert Byrne for Cusack (55), Daniel Whyte for English (60 +6).
REFEREE: Gary Hurley (Westmeath).