O’Connell: Meath had to move on quickly from bite claim

Meath great Martin O’Connell said the county had no choice but to move on quickly from Mick O’Dowd’s allegation Mickey Burke was bitten by a Dublin player.

The GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee on Tuesday ruled out an investigation after Meath were not interested in pursuing the matter.

O’Connell believes a disciplinary case could have distracted Meath from the fourth round qualifier against Armagh on Saturday week. He also maintains the second-half incident was blown out of proportion.