Nervy Meath eke out win

An intriguing feature of the build-up to Meath’s first championship outing was the positivity of the players and their insistence that Dublin aren’t unbeatable.

Graham Reilly went so far as to suggest on Saturday that ‘Dublin always fear Meath’. On the evidence of this display, it is hard to imagine Dublin are quaking in their boots.

Meath will undoubtedly improve and they will have to because at times, their defence was carved up by a side that finished joint bottom of Division 4 in the Allianz League.