Provincial prize is the Royal goal

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.

Only Dublin have claimed more Leinster championships than the Royals but their last success came nine years ago. And, as wing-back Caoimhin King has admitted, that is simply far too long a wait. Meath have made good use of the back door, reaching All-Ireland semi-finals in 2007 and again last year, but silverware is the be all and end all for the current crop of players.

“I suppose it is,” said King, “to get a run going in Leinster and try to get to a Leinster final, that’s the main aim at this stage. It has been a long time since 2001 so it is about time that Meath themselves back on the map in Leinster.”