Pride in Meath jersey spurred players on, says relieved Barry

WILL the real Meath stand up. Or, should that be Louth?

Sharply contrasting form from the teams over the 70 minutes in Croke Park yesterday perplexed the two managers, both sets of players and, most of all, the Louth supporters who predominated at yesterday’s opening game in the Bank of Ireland Leinster football championship.

And, while Eamonn McEnaney was at a loss to say how the challenge from the Division Two League champions disintegrated in the second-half, the man who replaced the legendary Sean Boylan offered a simple explanation.