Royals pile on the misery

Meath 7-13 Carlow 0-06

Unfortunately for Carlow, it was a Leinster quarter-final tie, so the 28-point defeat will be recorded in the history books, another big black blotch on their 2014 copybook.

One could attempt to cut them some slack and suggest that a goal hungry Meath side were never likely to be restrained.