Coyle hoping Royal starlets can deliver against red-hot Tyrone

GIVEN their senior record, and the exceptional results of St Pats (Navan) at colleges level, it’s hard to believe that Meath have only three All-Ireland minor football titles to their credit — 1957, 1990 and 1992.

Team boss Pat Coyle put the disappointing underage results down to the lack of experienced people to do the work.

“The county needs qualified experience people who can bring players on from under age and colleges. There is a step up from schools and colleges to inter-county minor and not every player can make that step.