DUBLIN AND MEATH have both announced unchanged sides for tonight’s Cadbury Leinster U21 football championship final in O’Moore Park in Portlaoise.
Dublin boss Dessie Farrell is sticking with the team that overturned Longford by 3-7 to 0-6 at the semi-final stage.
While Meath manager Seán Barry has kept faith with the side that recorded a 2-16 to 1-10 semi-final win over Offaly.
Séamus Mattimoe starts once again for Meath at corner forward having scored seven points against Offaly. Mattimoe came in for the injured Eamon Wallace, who is ruled out for the rest of the year with cruciate damage, for that game.
Conor Sheridan, Padraic Harnan and Bryan McMahon are senior panelists included in the Meath side. Dublin can call on senior players in David Byrne, Eric Lowndes, Jack McCaffrey, Shane Carthy, Paul Mannion and Cormac Costello.
Tonight’s game is Meath’s first Leinster U21 football title since 2001 while Dublin are chasing the county’s fourth crown in six years.
DUBLIN: Lorcan Molloy (St Anne’s); Ross McGowan (Kilmacud Crokes), David Byrne (Naomh Olaf), Robbie McDaid (Ballyboden St Enda’s); Eric Lowndes (St Peregrine’s), Johnny Small (Ballymun Kickhams), Jack McCaffrey (Clontarf); Paddy O’Higgins (Raheny), Stephen Cunningham (St Sylvester’s); Niall Scully (Templeogue Synge St), Shane Carthy (Naomh Mearnóg), Paul Mannion (Kilmacud Crokes); Conor McHugh (Na Fianna), Michael Deegan (Donaghmore Ashbourne), Cormac Costello (Whitehall Colmcille).
MEATH: Andy Colgan (Donaghmore Ashbourne); Simon Carty (Dunderry), Conor McGill (Ratoath), David McQuillan (St Patrick’s); Brian Power (Ratoath), Shane Melia (Donaghmore Ashbourne), Shane McEntee (St Peter’s Dunboyne); Conor Sheridan (Simonstown Gaels), Adam Flanagan (Clonard); Neil Shortall (Curraha), Bobby O’Brien (Ratoath), Pádraic Harnan (Moynalvey); Séamus Mattimoe (Gaeil Colmcille), Bryan McMahon (Ratoath), Joey Wallace (Ratoath).
