Meath recorded their first win in the NFL Division 2B with a 0-14 to 1-07 victory over Tipperary at Ard Finnan this afternoon. The beaten All-Ireland finalists were ahead by 0-08 to 0-05 at the break, despite having influential defender Hank Traynor stretchered off with an ankle injury. However, the outcome of the game was sealed when Tipperary's Sean Maher was sent-off for a second bookable offence with 25 minutes remaining.
Tipp's dual star Brendan Cummins opened his account with a point from play close to the interval, but a largely forgettable second half was dominated by Leitrim referee Sean McCartan, who issued nine yellow cards in a 20 minute spell, two of those to Maher.
Down to 14 men for the final 25 minutes, Tipperary understandably found the going tough, but Cummins did manage a late consolation goal when goal Cormac Sullivan fumbled a free into his own net three minutes from full time.
Division 1ATyrone 0-18 2-10 DublinDonegal 0-16 0-13 OffalyGalway 3-12 0-13 WestmeathRoscommon 1-09 0-10 Cork
Division 1BCavan 0-16 0-14 FermanaghSligo 0-11 0-10 DownMayo 2-19 1-06 ClareKildare 1-15 1-11 Derry
Division 2AKerry 0-14 0-07 AntrimLouth 2-18 0-12 WicklowLimerick 3-22 0-10 LondonArmagh 3-16 0-09 Leitrim
Division 2BMeath 0-14 1-07 TipperaryLaois 1-08 0-06 CarlowLongford 4-13 1-12 WaterfordWexford 1-08 1-06 Monaghan
Filed by Shane Murray
