Royals’ cup dates finalised

MEATH will have Carlow and Wicklow as opposition in the 2018 O’Byrne Cup competition, which commences on Saturday December 30th.

The Royals are included in Group 3 of the competition which will have no college teams participating. Eleven counties will take part, with Kilkenny being the exception.

Meath’s first outing is on Wednesday January 3rd away to Carlow and they will then host Wicklow the following Sunday.

Semi-finals are set for January 13th/14th, with the final the following weekend.

Matthew Brennan; Ben Hagney, Matthew Webb, Adam Caffrey; Joey Coyle 0-1, Robert McGovern, Gary Tuite; Diarmuid Moriarty 1-10, Adam Tuite; Ruairi O Sullivan, James Dillon, Dylan Kavanagh; Denis McEntee, Conor McAleese, Pat Savage. Subs Conor Early for McAleese, David Douse for P Savage, Jake O Dowd, Liam Lattimore, Denis McEntee.

•RATHKENNY GFC hold their agm in the clubhouse at 8.30pm this Friday. It will be preceded by Mass for deceased members in St Louis Church, Rathkenny, at 7.30pm.