Colm O'Rourke: 'I firmly believe that we should be in the top four or five every year'

New Royals manager sets lofty goals as he plots a course to take county back to the heights he reached as a player

BACK TO GLORY DAYS: Meath's Colm O'Rourke in action against Cork's Niall Cahalane. All-Ireland Football Final, Meath v Cork, Croke Park, Dublin. Pic: Ray McManus/SPORTSFILE

It was a bold opening play by Colm O'Rourke, either a psychological masterstroke or a giant stick which will in time be used to beat the new Meath manager with.

"I would regard that we will have failed if we don't beat Dublin," stated O'Rourke immediately after his surprise appointment back in July.