As It Happened: Dublin v Meath, Leinster SFC final

The Dublin and Meath football rivalry was set to be reignited this afternoon in Croke Park. Here’s how the action unfolded as the Leinster senior football title was up for grabs.

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Dublin's Stephen Cluxton and Rory O'Carroll battle with Meath's Joe Sheridan for possession in today's Leinster football final.

Image: INPHO/Cathal Noonan

Dublin claimed the honors in the minor match but who ws going to claim the silverware when Dublin and Meath squared off in this year’s Leinster senior football final?

We were live from Croke Park to record all the action.

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16.04 – Frenetic stuff early on. Michael Darragh MacAuley as expected playing out the field for Dublin with Alan and Bernard Brogan the duo close to goal. Alan is being picked up by Kevin Reilly with Shane McAnarney marking Bernard.

16.57 – Second-half about to get underway with Meath having made a change at the break as Peadar Byrne is on at half-forward for Damien Carroll.

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emmomac 22/07/12 #

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whats with the spam?

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Jambbie 22/07/12 #

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Clukko’s some keeper. Give him a call up Trap ;-)

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- Tommy C 22/07/12 #
  
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  Hes a machine! What a sportsman!
  
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Clarence Sweeney 22/07/12 #

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Minor and senior double! Good day all round. How are the Waterford footballers getting on?

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John Drennan 22/07/12 #

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Very sloppy finish by the dubs. Pat gilroy needs to knock the cockiness out of some of those lads.
ALOT of work to do before the quarters

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- Petr Tarasov 22/07/12 #
  
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  True.
  
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emmomac 22/07/12 #

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from a 2 pint anyones game to a huge ask for Meath now in the space of a minute

GAA…. bloody hell

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Dec Byrne 22/07/12 #

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Was shocked at fennels inclusion in this game, even after half time the boys all ran onto the pitch and he walked on, he must have some dirt on Gilroy. In saying that his tan was really good. Up the dubs, bit of work to do buy still in it

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- laura cunningham 22/07/12 #
  
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  Sees a Meath player who lives across the rd from me nd he painted his door the colours of the Meath flag such a waste he should change it to the dublin colours my brother was talking to him the other day saying he was going to burn down his Meath flag if he lost and Meath lost nd he made sure to burn the flag down it was gas :)
  
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John Drennan 22/07/12 #

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Hope Alan brogan injury is not too serious. He’s Dublins main man.
Without the 2 goals I think the dubs may have been in trouble.
Something tells me this game will still be tight at the end…

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emmomac 22/07/12 #

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what a feast of football this weekend is. Dublin’s bench to shade it but i expect it to be very close for the first 55 mins or so

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Petr Tarasov 22/07/12 #

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Dubs to win.

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- Alan Hayes 22/07/12 #
  
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  Good prediction.You could make lots of money if you’re always so right! #UpTheDubs
  
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Petr Tarasov 22/07/12 #

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YES :)))))

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Gus Lynch 22/07/12 #

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Good enough win. Not ruthless enough though.

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Tomas O' Maille 22/07/12 #

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Who cares what people like nocturnal say.up the dubs

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- nocturnal paramedic 22/07/12 #
  
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  People like nocturnal??? Did I not say I’m not a dub hater?? I just pointed to the fact that there are teams who have achieved much more than Dublin has in the past 10 + years so the whole jealousy thing has no foundation….
  
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John Deane 22/07/12 #

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Anyone But Dublin.

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- Petr Tarasov 22/07/12 #
  
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  Anything but bitterness and jealousy. :)
  
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- nocturnal paramedic 22/07/12 #
  
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  Jealous of what..??? One all Ireland in 16 years lol…..???
  
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- John Drennan 22/07/12 #
  
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  Why 16 years? Why not 40??
  
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- nocturnal paramedic 22/07/12 #
  
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  @ John drennan… Not a dub hater, far from it… Just amused at some dubs fans who think everyone else is jealous of them… If I was going to be jealous of a team it would be Tyrone or Kerry…
  
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- Petr Tarasov 22/07/12 #
  
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  Odd how you don’t generally see comments like ‘anyone but Sligo’!
  
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- nocturnal paramedic 22/07/12 #
  
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  Probably because Sligo fans don’t boo other teams like a bunch of knackers on hill 16….
  
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- Petr Tarasov 22/07/12 #
  
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  Let it all out. All that hatred and bitterness.
  
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- Tommy C 22/07/12 #
  
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  Nocturnal, Im a Dub and i was at the match. Im certainly not a ‘knacker’. I meet more people who are ABD because they have some sort of inferiority complex for whatever reason. Sad but true.
  
  Great match, hard luck Meath. You played better than us in the 2nd half.
  
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- Patrick Lyons 22/07/12 #
  
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  A lot of people who have inferiority complexes have good reason to posess them because they are, in fact, inferior.
  
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- nocturnal paramedic 22/07/12 #
  
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  I’d say it’s more to do with the cockiness of SOME of the fans and the way they carry them selves in croker that leads to the ABD syndrome more so than an inferiority complex….
  
  BTW I’m not from Meath and I’m not a “ABD”… I was delighted to see them win the AI last year!!
  
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Waterford 22/07/12 #

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Dublin will be destroyed by Cork or Kerry.

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- Tommy C 22/07/12 #
  
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  And hopefully you’ll be destroyed by your evil ‘god’ in the next few days.
  
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- Patrick Lyons 22/07/12 #
  
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  What county is Waterford in?
  
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Waterford 22/07/12 #

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The result of this match doesn’t mean much as neither will be in the All-Ireland final!

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- Petr Tarasov 22/07/12 #
  
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  Something they have in common with Waterford in the hurling.
  
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- Waterford 22/07/12 #
  
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  That’s correct. Welcome to our country and glad to see you understand our games. Enjoy your stay.
  
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- Deborah Nolan Gregory 22/07/12 #
  
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  Nice one Petr!
  
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Andrew Corcoran 23/07/12 #

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Why do some supporters spend more time hating Dublin than cheering on their own team?

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laura cunningham 22/07/12 #

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Dis morning my man was looking out the window at the Meath players house nd he jus came bk from the gym ” I suppose he was trying to get a bit fit to keep up wit the Dublin players” of course he didn’t stand a chance how does it feel in meath having 9 Dublin flags and only 3 Meath flags on 3 rows of houses DUBLIN all the way lads :)

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- Bryan Smyth 23/07/12 #
  
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  You obviously know nothing about ball Laura, if Cork or Kerry played against Meath today the score would have been a lot different Dublin are poor and need to improve a lot, the Leinster is only the junior cert..
  
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laura cunningham 22/07/12 #

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I new meath wud lose up the dubs der the best well done lads :D

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Conor Flynn 23/07/12 #

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I blame the Meath defense in the last few minutes of the first half, they relaxed and at the end of the day those goals cost us the match

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sosi tara 22/07/12 #

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Dublin v Meath live tv on PC

http://tv.live-gaa.com/

http://tv.live-gaa.com/

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hotnews4u 22/07/12 #

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Watch Dublin vs Meath Live | Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship 2012 Final Live Online HD Coverage

http://sportslivecoverage.com/watch-dublin-vs-meath-live-leinster-gaa-football-senior-championship-2012-final-live-online-hd-coverage/

Date: Sunday July 22nd, 2012
Time: 16:00
Dublin vs Meath
Venue: Croke Park
Semi Final
Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship 2012 Final

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As It Happened: Dublin v Meath, Leinster SFC final