Royals rocked as injury ends Gillespie Championship hopes

Meath’s Leinster championship challenge has been rocked by the loss of midfielder Conor Gillespie for the rest of the season.

The injury-plagued Summerhill man suffered cruciate knee ligament damage while training on Sunday and will miss the entire Championship.

He’d just returned following a shin break and was in line to start against Carlow in Sunday’s provincial quarter-final.