Gavin banking on Brogan and Andrews boost for final

Jim Gavin expects Bernard Brogan and Peadar Andrews to be fit for Dublin’s Leinster final meeting with Meath later this month.

Brogan missed out on yesterday’s outing with the hamstring injury that cut short his involvement in the quarter-final against Laois, but the Dublin manager claimed yesterday evening the forward had been quite close to making it.

Andrews was pulled from the starting line-up late on Saturday night with a sprained wrist and replaced by Paul Mannion, who helped himself to three points from play while being deprived of as many goals by last-ditch defending.