Dublin v Meath live updates: Dubs dominating All-Ireland women’s SFC final

Senior final: Dublin 2-16 Meath 0-10

Earlier

Junior final: Louth 0-13 Antrim 1-8

Intermediate final: Tyrone 2-16 Laois 1-13

60 mins: Nolan is named player of the match, well deserved, although Rowe was in with a shout too. Meath second best today in front of a crowd of nearly 50,000 at Croke Park.

Full-time: Dublin 2-16 Meath 0-10

Carla Rowe knocks over a free and Dublin are the All-Ireland champions!

57 mins: Another great Rowe moment for the road, fake shot does the marker then bang straight over!

Dublin 2-15 Meath 0-10

55 mins: Another free scored by Meath reduces it to 10. Unfortunately Hannah Tyrrell is down badly injured in her final game. Nobody wants to see it end like that. Laura Grendon on for her.

Tyrrell at least limps off in pain and gets a tremendous reception which she deserves.

Dublin 2-14 Meath 0-10

52 mins: Great score by Cleary but Meath need goals. Dublin are still chasing them though and Murray has to make a good interception when the ball was coming to Tyrrell to avoid another one. Dublin 2-14 Meath 0-9

49 mins: One of the best points of the game from Ciara Smyth from long distance. Dublin respond with a good point of their own, their forwards always weaving through the backs for space to shoot. Hetherton does this time. Then Niamh Crowley gets in on the action with a good score. Dublin 2-14 Meath 0-8

46 mins: Wall gets at the Dublin defence but gives it to Farrelly, who is back on and she slices well wide. Dublin come up the pitch and punish, Dublin’s forwards are so hard to stop and Sullivan scores another point by accelerating past her marker and scoring. Dublin 2-12 Meath 0-7

44 mins: Super football by Dublin, Nolan with a great foot pass into Hetherton who lays off for Tyrrell to score.

Dublin 2-11 Meath 0-7

40 mins: A smart short free by Duggan to Wall who scores on the turn and Meath briefly get within nine but Rowe wins and scores a free in response.

Dublin 2-10 Meath 0-7

36 mins: Far more life to Meath in this half so far and Duggan gets her first from play with a nice score.

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Faoi dheireadh an céad scór ón imirt ag Contae na Mí

Meath's first score from play comes in the second half

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Dublin 2-9 Meath 0-6

33 mins: Early miss by Owens, going into Hill 16 side this half, which has proven to be more difficult to score in this year. Wall also hits one wide. Duggan gets the first point of the half from a free. Dublin 2-9 Meath 0-5

Half-time: Dublin 2-9 Meath 0-4

Dominant football by Dublin in the first half and some superb scores. Hard to see Meath come back from this far behind.

28 mins: Dublin are committing plenty of fouls, but not being punished by Duggan so far, she scores this one, but Meath’s their first point for nearly 15 minutes.

Ciara Smyth wins a free this time for Meath, Duggan getting her range and scores that one too.

Dublin 2-9 Meath 0-4

26 mins: Superb point from play by Tyrrell this time, a brilliant performance by the Dubs, which looked clearly over, but went to Hawkeye to confirm, that’s what it’s for I guess.

Dublin’s tackling has been aggressive, three players hassling Duggan. She wins a free but then misses to hit the post. The nightmare for Meath continues. Katie Bermingham is on for Marion Farrelly

Dublin 2-9 Meath 0-2

23 mins: Goal for Dublin! Cracker by Niamh Hetherton, swiwels past her marker and smashes it into the roof of the net. The blue tide is unstoppable at the moment. Dublin 2-8 Meath 0-2

21 mins: Good kick by Nolan from a decent distance and then straight from the kickout it goes badly wrong and Dublin intercept. In the end Murray has to make a great save to save it from being a goal, still over for a point though. Dublin turning the screw.

A goal disallowed for Dublin saves Meath from falling further behind, but Tyrrell scores a free.

Dublin 1-8 Meath 0-2

17 mins: Tyrrell gets another point from a free. Meath’s running game is causing Dublin a few problems and Farrelly wins another free. Wall takes this one from the left, but wide.

Dublin 1-5 Meath 0-2

14 mins: Magic football by Rowe to get another point, dummies past two players and fires over the ball, different level to the rest so far. Another free for Meath, Duggan scores, another free won by Gallogly, who has been Meath’s best player.

Dublin 1-4 Meath 0-2

10 mins: Duggan leaves her second shot well short, this time from a free won by Gallogly. Then a fine point by Kate Sullivan on the turn extends the lead, Dublin dominating so far. Heavy tackle on Farrelly and Duggan scores this time finally, much needed for Meath.

Dublin 1-3 Meath 0-1

7 mins: Meath miss their third shot of the green, can’t afford to keep missing chances and Dublin punish them.

Goal for Dublin! Nicole Owens with the goal but a lot of the hard work done by Rowe who got space, ran at the defence and then laid it off for Owens who finished well. Dublin 1-2 Meath 0-0

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An liathróid báite san eangach ag Nicole Owens

Owens with a powerful finish to the back of the net

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5 mins: Wall shows her pace and power again and she was looking for a free as her shirt was pulled, but no free as she tugs her shot well wide. Then Rowe wins a free as she drives at the defence, Tyrrell knocks it over. Dublin 0-2 Meath 0-0

3 mins: Vikki Wall wins the first throw-in and immediately a chance for Ciara Smyth, but she firsts the ball wide. Then Rowe hits the crossbar, before Tyrrell gets her first point of what is sure to be many of this match. Dublin 0-1 Meath 0-0

From Malachy Clerkin at Croke Park:

All set to get here in Croke Park for the women’s All-Ireland final between Dublin and Meath. As expected, there’s one change to the Meath team - corner back Katie Newe hasn’t recovered from the injury picked up in the semi-final and her place is taken by Shauna Ennis. Dublin play as selected. There’s a bit of a wind blowing across the pitch, which will make kicking into the Hill 16 end difficult. But otherwise, it’s a perfect day for football.

Dublin: Abby Shiels; Jess Tobin, Leah Caffrey, Niamh Donlon; Sinéad Goldrick, Martha Byrne, Niamh Crowley; Éilish O’Dowd, Hannah McGinnis; Nicole Owens, Carla Rowe (capt), Orlagh Nolan; Hannah Tyrrell, Niamh Hetherton, Kate Sullivan.

Meath: Robyn Murray; Áine Sheridan, Mary Kate Lynch, Shauna Ennis; Aoibhín Cleary (capt), Sarah Wall, Karla Kealy; Orlaith Sheehy, Marion Farrelly; Megan Thynne, Niamh Gallogly, Ciara Smyth; Emma Duggan, Vikki Wall, Kerrie Cole.

Here is the report of the intermediate final:

[ Tyrone go one better to beat Laois to intermediate titleOpens in new window ]

Tyrone captain Aoibhinn McHugh lifts the Mary Quinn Memorial cup. Photograph: Shauna Clinton/Sportsfile

Malachy Clerkin previews the final, and writes if Vikki Wall and Emma Duggan catch fire, a Meath win will be no shock but Dublin’s superior bench could make the difference.

[ Improving Meath have grown with every game but Dublin’s firepower will probably be enoughOpens in new window ]

Meath's Vikki Wall scoring a point against Dublin earlier in the year. Photograph: Paul Barrett/Inpho

Congrats Tyrone!

The match report of Louth against Antrim in the junior championship:

Kate Flood kicked four points at Croke Park as Louth held off a stubborn challenge from Antrim to claim a record fourth All-Ireland junior football championship title.

[ Louth defeat Antrim to claim Wee County’s record fourth junior titleOpens in new window ]

The latest score after 48 mins in the intermediate final is Tyrone 1-12 Laois 1-10.

Here is Malachy Clerkin’s interview with the great Hannah Tyrell:

An elite sporting career that featured an FAI Cup medal, a Six Nations title and an All-Ireland comes to an end against Meath this weekend.

[ Hannah Tyrrell: ‘I just wanted to prove people wrong. I’m very competitive. I don’t let anybody win’Opens in new window ]

Hello and welcome to live coverage of the All-Ireland women’s senior football final between Meath and Dublin. Throw-in is at 4.15pm. Before that there is the intermediate final between Laois and Tyrone (which is under way) and the junior final saw Louth win the title with a 0-13 to 1-8 win over Antrim.

The counties met in this year’s Leinster final, when Dublin won by seven points, and the Dubs will go into the game as favourites.

Dublin: Abby Shiels; Jess Tobin, Leah Caffrey, Niamh Donlon; Sinéad Goldrick, Martha Byrne, Niamh Crowley; Éilish O’Dowd, Hannah McGinnis; Nicole Owens, Carla Rowe (capt), Orlagh Nolan; Hannah Tyrrell, Niamh Hetherton, Kate Sullivan.

Subs: Katie Moran Tighe, Chloe Darby, Sophie McIntyre, Aoife Kane, Aoife Curran, Hannah Leahy, Rebecca McDonnell, Laura Grendon, Annabelle Timothy, Caoimhe O’Connor, Clodagh Fox, Jodi Egan, Ashling Nyhan, Siobhán Birnie, Rachel Hartnett. Additional panel member: Lauren Magee.

Meath: Robyn Murray; Áine Sheridan, Mary Kate Lynch, Katie Newe; Aoibhín Cleary (capt), Sarah Wall, Karla Kealy; Orlaith Sheehy, Marion Farrelly; Megan Thynne, Niamh Gallogly, Ciara Smyth; Emma Duggan, Vikki Wall, Kerrie Cole.

Subs: Monica McGuirk, Amy Gaffney, Ciara Lawlor, Shauna Ennis, Katie Bermingham, Ella Moyles, Natalie Davitt, Niamh McEntee, Clodagh Millington, Orla Smith, Anna Myles, Tori Foster, Sadhbh O’Muiri, Máire O’Shaughnessy, Aoibheann Corcoran

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