Hatton miss lets Dunshaughlin off the hook

IT says everything about the topsy-turvy nature of this game that both teams will look back on theclosing credits of yesterday’s Meath SFC final and balance regrets with gratitude.

The sides were level for the third time with two minutes to go when Dunshaughlin’s Trevor Dowd sent over his second free of the afternoon before three defensive mistakes – the last a pick-up off the ground – allowedBrian Ennis respond in kind.

Any annoyance the Dunshaughlin rearguard had concerning their largesse was tempered when Summerhill centre-back Richie Hatton sent a potential winner spiralling wide.