Meath 1-26 Louth 0-10Meath powered to victory at Pairc Tailteann this afternoon, claiming a well-merited 19-point win against Louth in the Nicky Rackard Cup.
Meath led by 0-6 to 0-4 in the 21st minute after an entertaining opening quarter in which the sides were evenly matched. However the Royals suddenly took a stranglehold and profited from some clinical forward play, scoring the next six points without reply in a 10-minute spell, reports the Irish Examiner.
Meath held a 0-12 to 0-4 lead with five minutes to go before half-time, but Louth kept in touch thanks to the efforts of Diarmuid Murphy who hit four first-half points, Meath still led 0-12 to 0-5 at the interval.
Assisted by a strong wind in the second half, the home side kept control with Peter Dornan and Stephen Clynch in superb form. Murphy did his best to keep Louth in touch, scoring all of their second-half points, but Meath had laid the early groundwork for success and ran out easy winners.
