Banty stands by decision to recall Geraghty

GRAHAM GERAGHTY has managed little more than 12 minutes of football for Meath this summer but Seamus McEnaney believes the former All-Ireland winning captain’s sensational return to the county colours will extend beyond 2011.

The decision to draft the 38-year-old back into the Meath panel after three seasons away from the inter-county scene prompted two of McEnaney’s selectors to resign shortly before the championship and heaped pressure on the first non-native to manage the county.

However, far from regretting that decision, McEnaney has consistently stood over the call and did so again yesterday when hailing Geraghty as the best player to have ever pulled on the famous green jersey.