McEnaney hails Meath heart after impressive opener

Seamus McEnaney got one over his former charges as Meath had a winning start to the Allianz Football League Division 2 at the expense of his native Monaghan at Navan on Saturday night.

While the home side had a comfortable cushion of six points at the finish, it could have been different if the Ulster side had converted even half of their scoring opportunities.

A number of the misses came in a woefully wasteful spell in the second period when Monaghan halved a four-point deficit but should have gone ahead. Let off the hook, Meath hit back for the decisive goal as centre-back Shane McAnarney moved forward to fire to the roof of the net with six minutes left.