Life of Reilly as Royals rise to the challenge

Nobody expected Lazarus would rise from the dead.

Next to nobody expected Meath yesterday to break Kildare’s hoodoo over them.

But on an afternoon of resurrection, their run of five straight defeats against their neighbours was brought to an end in inspirational fashion. Meath supporters stopped pinching themselves when their own Lazarus, Kevin Reilly, rose from the bench and came on in the 67th minute.