McEntee believes exposure to top grade will make men of Meath

We live in strange times. Not only can a team lose four championship matches in the one summer these days, but they can feel pretty good about themselves on the back of it. And with good reason.

Andy McEntee wasn’t exactly jumping for joy after Kerry subjected them to a third straight Super 8 defeat but he could still look back with some satisfaction on a season that delivered promotion to Division One and an elevation to the rarified heights of the last eight in the All-Ireland.