MEATH are unlikely to object to the Leinster Competitions Control Committee’s (CCC) recommendation to push back their club champions’ provincial opener by three weeks.

GAA president Christy Cooney is hopeful that the scenes of unrest which broke out at O’Moore Park, Portlaoise in Sunday’s O’Byrne Cup quarter-final between Laois and Kildare will not become commonplace this year.

GAA president Christy Cooney described as "unsatisfactory" the fact that seven red cards were shown in an O’Byrne Cup game in Portlaoise on Sunday and has backed the Leinster Council to take the appropriate action.

GAA president Christy Cooney described as “unsatisfactory” the fact that seven red cards were shown in an O’Byrne Cup game in Portlaoise on Sunday and has backed the Leinster Council to take the appropriate action.

Wicklow have announced their team for Sunday's Leinster SFC first round replay against Louth at Croke Park, throw-in at 2.10pm - manager Mick O'Dwyer has kept faith with the fifteen players that started last weekend's drawn game.