Meath in command as London lose way

Meath 2-17 London 1-11

A goal from Tony Dunne after 10 minutes failed to sufficiently lift last year’s Ring Cup winners and four points from Steven Clynch boosted the home side to a 0-7 to 1-3 interval advantage.

London were ahead by the minimum margin before goals from Barry Slevin and Stephen Morris in the 11th and 12th minutes of the second period put Meath in control before going on to double their lead.

Scorers for Meath: S Clynch 0-7 (5fs), B Slevin, S Morris 1-1 each, P Durnin 0-4, J Kelly 0-3, D Magee 0-1.

Scorers for London: G Hennelly 0-5 (3fs), T Dunne 1-1, M Finn (2fs), J Maher 0-2 each, S Lambert 0-1.

Meath: S McGann; C Reilly, D Healy, W Mahady; S Brennan, J Toher, S Morris; S Donoghue, S Heavey; P Conneely, S Clynch, J Kelly; B Slevin, P Durnin, A Gannon.

Subs: R Hatton for Reilly (55), D Magee for Durnin (67), R Andrews for Kelly (69), A Watters for Heavey (70).

London: D Russell, P Lane, D Healy, B Healy; D Moore, J Walsh, D Maher; H Vaughan, G Hill; S Lambert, M Duggan, S Keane; T Dunne, J Maher, G Hennelly.

Subs: S Egan for Duggan (25), L Hands for Keane (44), M Finn for Egan (55), K Bolger for Hill (52), E Cooney for Hennelly (62).

Referee: P O’Dwyer (Carlow).