If the litmus test for the progress or otherwise of any Meath team is how they acquit themselves against Dublin, then for any senior inter county team attempting to gauge their current state of wellbeing, tackling Kerry must be the on-pitch equivalent of sitting the State exams currently frying the brains of young people nationwide.
However, also like the grossly overhyped writing marathons currently ongoing, Meath’s rendezvous with The Kingdom in Glenisk O’Connor Park, Tullamore, tomorrow will not be the definition of either their season or their future.
Still, the loss of the conductor of the Royal orchestra, Mat Costello, is an immense one, though such circumstances do offer opportunities to others to step up to the plate and in that regard Cathal Hickey will certainly not be found wanting. Indeed, this observer would be of the opinion that the Seneschalstown clubman has earned his berth in the starting 15, regardless of Mat’s misfortune.
MEATH – B. Hogan; S. Lavin, S. Rafferty, B. O’Halloran; D. Keogan, S. Coffey, C. Caulfield; B. Menton, A. O’Neill; C. Duke, R. Kinsella, C. Hickey; J. Morris, J. Conlon, E. Frayne (Capt.)
SUBS – S. Brennan, R. Ryan, E. Harkin, J. McEntee, C. McBride, C. Gray, S. Walsh, A. Lynch, D. McGowan, K. Curtis, D. Moriarity.
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