Christy O'Connor Talking Points: The odd and the familiar in wide open battle field

Dublin, Louth and Mayo were lodged deep in the trenches, penned in from a barrage of heavy artillery but they consistently worked their way through the trenches. Kerry are still the strongest army in this war

BATTLE: Kerry's David Clifford battles with Dublin's David Byrne during their Division 1 match. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Thirty years ago, Meath began their 1996 Leinster championship in a manner that would be inconceivable now.

Meath had finished second in Division One, on the same number of points as Donegal, who had topped the group.