I was regarded as a ‘baddie’, says Meath stalwart Mickey Burke

Strapping Meath defender Mickey Burke reckons he was “made out to be the baddie”’ after the biting saga that followed the Royals’ last clash with Dublin.

Furious Meath boss Mick O’Dowd told the press after Meath’s 16-point Leinster final loss in 2014 that a “biting incident” had occurred.

O’Dowd was referring to a tangle between Burke and Dublin attacker Eoghan O’Gara that resulted in Burke attending Navan Hospital with a finger injury.