Meath: Put up or shut up

Tomorrow sees the start of July, the month when all the major All-Ireland contenders like to see themselves move into some bit of form.

The sideshows are nearly over and serious players with ambitions for another 10 or 12 weeks of football are starting to hit their stride.

Croke Park will see two such sets of players tomorrow but it will be three weeks before we get to see them face each other. Ever since the draw was made at the end of last year it seemed unlikely that any team other than Kildare and Dublin would be in the Leinster final on July 22.