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Down take on Meath today in the Tailteann Cup Final with the winner getting the added bonus of being guaranteed a place in the round robin stages of next year All Ireland. Down suffered a two point defeat to Meath in the group phase of the competition in June and while manager Conor Laverty will be looking a different result this time. It's extremely unlikely that todays game will go the way of the semi final when they defeated Laois with 22 points to spare but they would be more than happy if they emerge with even a one point win.
The game kicks off at 3pm and special trains from Newry will go some way to ensure that the red and black army is well represented in the stands.
Down have named their starting 15 as follows: 1: Niall Kane; 2: Patrick McCarthy; 3: Pierce Laverty; 4: Anthony Doherty; 5: Miceal Rooney; 6: Ceilum Doherty; 7: Danny Magill; 8: Daniel Guinness; 9: Odhran Murdock; 10: Shealan Johnston; 11: Liam Kerr; 12: Rory Mason; 13: Eugene Branagan; 14: Pat Havern and 15: Ryan Johnston.
