Pain game paid off for Royal star Kenny

Should he stay or should he go?

Seamus Kenny thought about it. He had just been discharged from hospital the day before and his knee was giving him grief. In the end, he went. Meath and Croke Park lured him in, as they always have and always will.

So, he hobbled up to his seat in the stands, made himself as comfortable as it is possible to be when your cruciate ligaments have been operated on two days beforehand and was duly rewarded for his exertions with the surprise defeat of Kildare.