Royal strife helped us perform, says Reilly

Meath full-back Kevin Reilly has revealed the players made a pact to put the county’s troubles behind them by producing on the field.

He also intimated former Tipperary manager John Evans was brought in by Seamus McEnaney as coach at the request of the panel for a new approach in training. Back to full fitness, Reilly kept Seanie Furlong quiet in their win over Wicklow on Sunday and said the players swore to move on from their Division 2 woes and the county executive’s failed attempt to axe McEnaney.

“We kind of made a promise or pact to ourselves that we were going to pull together and take one game at a time and see where it goes from there,” he said.