Geraghty gunning for Royal approval

MEATH player-selector Graham Geraghty insists he will be gunning for a starting position for the league — but manager Seamus McEnaney has warned he will have to do a lot to be even considered a usable substitute.

The 38-year-old’s second-half substitution appearance in yesterday’s facile Bord na Mona O’Byrne Cup quarter-final win over Louth was greeted with rapturous applause in the Páirc Tailteann stand.

Geraghty had a couple of scoring chances and set up Stephen Bray for a point as the Royals looked by far the better side, with Graham Reilly indicating his injury woes may be behind him by scoring five points from play.