Pitch inspection for Westmeath/Meath game

A PITCH inspection will take place on Sunday morning to determine if O'Moore Park in Portlaoise is playable for the Bord na Móna O’Byrne Cup football final between Meath and Westmeath.

The match is currently fixed for a 4pm throw-in at O’Moore Park as part of a live TG4 double-header broadcast with an AIB All-Ireland Intermediate club football semi-final between An Ghaeltacht and An Moy Tír na nÓg  preceding it at 2pm.

However, given the adverse weather conditions that are forecasted for the Midlands on Saturday night and into Sunday morning, a pitch inspection has been scheduled for  O’Moore Park at 9.30am on Sunday morning to determine if the pitch is playable and also capable of hosting two matches.

In the event that this is not the case the possibility of switching the game to TEG Cusack Park will be considered. However, this would be dependent on the pitch in Mullingar being playable, having hosted an AIB All-Ireland club junior football championship match on Saturday featuring Knocknagree v Naomh Colmcille.

Pairc Tailteann is ruled out due to the fact that there is an AIB All-Ireland club junior hurling championship semi-final being played there at 2pm on Sunday featuring Ardmore v Setanta and there are no floodlights to enable the staging of a 4pm throw in.

In the event that there is no playable pitch, the match will be postponed and refixed for the weekend of February 17-18.

Any changes will be posted immediately via local and national radio, leinstergaa.ie and Leinster GAA social media channels.