Dublin 2-16 Meath 2-14

Meath manager Eamonn O'Brien has opted to stick with the same team from the recent Leinster final win for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Kildare at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

THE endeavour of both teams in trying circumstances was foremost in Eamonn O’Brien’s mind when he discussed what had occurred out in Croke Park for the previous 90 minutes.

EVEN though he expressed disappointment his team hadn’t won, Seán Dempsey’s jovial disposition betrayed a sense of relief at still being involved in the Leinster championship.

Kevin Reilly will return to action for Meath in Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final against Laois, in the only change to the side that beat Offaly last time out.

ROSS MUNNELLY believes Meath will be favourites for their Leinster championship match on Sunday because The Royals have the benefit of a game under their belt.

ANYONE under the impression provincial titles don’t mean as much as they used to obviously hasn’t spent much time of late in Meath.

AT LAST.

Shane O'Rourke will make his first championship start for Meath's footballers since 2007 when they meet Offaly in their Leinster championship opener on Sunday.

KEVIN REILLY will miss the remainders of Meath’s NFL campaign and there are fears about the defender’s championship participation.

ALL-IRELAND champions Kerry have named just five of the team that started in last September’s victory over Cork for tomorrow’s NFL Division 1 opener against Dublin in Killarney.

Meath 1-10 Dublin 1-9

Regrets, he has a few, but Eamon O’Brien was making no apologies for doing it his way.

REGRETS, he has a few, but Eamon O’Brien was making no apologies for doing it his way.

“SWITCH off your television. Go and walk the dog” – That is the group text Cork manager Conor Counihan should have sent from Croke Park yesterday to all his panel after Tommy Walsh’s goal in the second-half of this listless, boring mismatch.

THE Meath football team of 2009 are beginning to defy all handy categorisation. For a county whose rivers have run dry for a decade now, we would have thought getting to the last eight of the All-Ireland Championship would’ve sated the appetite and anything after that was for embellishment.

Meath 1-20 Waterford 0-08

Meath manager Eamon O'Brien has named his first Championship starting side as the Royals face Dublin in the GAA Leinster SFC at Croke Park this Sunday.

Meath have been boosted by the news that four of their key players are back from injury for their Leinster Championship opener against Dublin.

AIDAN O’MAHONY is looking forward to putting the past behind him in 10 days time when Kerry renew hostilities with Cork in the Munster SFC semi-final.

DIFFERENT sport, different day, but this was depressingly reminiscent of Ireland’s facile defeat of Canada in Thomond Park on Saturday with one side doing what they wanted, when they wanted against an inferior opponent.

Up-and-coming defender Cormac McGuinness has become the latest Meath player to withdraw from the inter-county set-up.

Meath 2-11 UCD 0-15

Meath boss Colm Coyle has freshened up his side by making five changes for tomorrow night's NFL Division 2A meeting with Tipperary under the floodlights at Pairc Tailteann, throw-in 7.30pm.