Meath send Kerry crashing

Meath 2-13 Kerry 1-11

Much as happened in the senior game later, it was the provincial champions who were looking stale early on as Meath, beaten by Longford in the Leinster final, raced into a 1-3 to zip lead within eight minutes of the start.

The goal came gift-wrapped from Kerry keeper Bryan Sheehan, when he went high over his own cross-bar to palm out a dropping ball and save a point, only for the lurking David Murtagh (inside the square, let it be said) to punch gratefully home.