Carlow refuse to yield

On a weekend of championship shocks, the unfortunate reality for once mighty Meath was that this stalemate probably wasn’t one of them.

A plucky Carlow side snatched a Leinster quarter-final draw thanks to a dramatic injury-time goal from JJ Smith and even Meath boss Seamus McEnaney admitted he was ‘delighted’ with the result.

There was a time when drawing with Carlow would have constituted a crisis in the Royal County but these are changed times.