Eoghan Frayne: Meath's aim has to be to win the All-Ireland

This Sunday's Meath versus Galway game (1.45pm) will precede the Kerry versus Armagh quarter-final (4pm).

EYES ON THE PRIZE: Meath captain Eoghan Frayne has refused to place any limits on how far the Royal County can go in the Championship. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile.

Meath captain Eoghan Frayne has refused to place any limits on how far the Royal County can go in the Championship, insisting their ambition is to win All-Irelands.

The quarter-final draw has paired beaten Leinster finalists Meath with last year's All-Ireland runners up, Galway.

They will face off on Sunday afternoon at Croke Park (1.45pm) in what will be a repeat of the 2001 All-Ireland final which current Galway manager Padraic Joyce played in, scoring 10 points.

From Meath's perspective, they will be hoping that beating Kerry in this year's Championship isn't a bad omen having lost that 2001 final to Galway immediately after defeating Kerry at the semi-final stage.

This Sunday's Meath versus Galway game will precede the Kerry versus Armagh quarter-final (4pm), a repeat of last July's semi-final which the Orchard County won after extra-time.

A draw wasn't required to pair off Kerry and Armagh in what is a repeat of the 2002 final as holders Armagh had already played Galway, Dublin and Donegal.

Meanwhile, on Saturday, Dublin will return to Croke Park (6.15pm) to take on Tyrone in the lead act of another intriguing quarter-final double bill. Ulster duo Monaghan and Donegal will be first up on Saturday afternoon (4pm).

Of the eight teams left in the race for Sam, Meath have been installed on the longest odds, 40/1, having only won the Tailteann Cup two years ago.

Attacker Frayne, speaking at the launch of RTÉ Sport's action-packed summer campaign, stopped short of guaranteeing a return to the glory years for Meath but said their young group is ambitious.

Asked what is the ceiling for his team, Frayne said: "I don't know, hopefully winning All-Irelands. That has to be the aim, your goal can't be to just beat Dublin in the Leinster championship.

"You have to be looking further than that. Everyone wants to be winning All-Irelands and Leinster championships, so hopefully we can get there."

Frayne, who has started all 14 of Meath's league and Championship games this season and returned a whopping 1-72, shrugged when asked if the Galway draw was a positive one.

"We're happy enough, it's going to be a tough game and that's fine," he said. "I don't think there's any easy games no matter what draw you get.

"So we're happy enough, it's going to be a good test but we haven't been in an All-Ireland quarter-final in a good few years so we're really looking forward to it."

All eyes will be on what matchday squads both sets of management teams announced later this week.

Connacht champions Galway are sweating over the fitness of Shane Walsh who suffered a shoulder injury in Sunday's preliminary quarter-final defeat of Down. Damien Comer didn't play in that game at all.

Meath, meanwhile, should have Mathew Costello available again after a hamstring injury which kept the Dunshaughlin star out of their group win over Kerry.

"Mat's just about coming back, he should be alright to go," said Frayne.

"I think everyone else is either a long-term injury that you'd know about, or fit. So I think we're good enough, yeah."