We're ready to right wrongs of last two times

EOGHAN FRAYNE admits Louth “had our number” and it’s up to the Royals to “right the wrongs” in the most significant Battle of the Boyne since the infamous 2010 Leinster decider.

- BY KARL O'KANE

Frayne was speaking ahead of Sunday's Leinster Senior Football Championship final meeting at Croke Park, the biggest of three massive encounters over the last 12 months.

It started with last May's All-Ireland round robin tie at Inniskeen - Louth’s new home - where the Wee County hit Meath for three goals, with All Star wing back in waiting Craig Lennon firing two of them.

That victory was Louth’s first over Meath in Championship football since 1975.

A few weeks ago the sides met in the final round of their Division Two campaign, with Louth having to win to avoid relegation and Meath chasing a victory that could have meant promotion to Division One.

Louth, despite being without 10 of the side that started their final Championship game last year - the All-Ireland quarter-final defeat by Donegal - emerged in a thriller at Inniskeen.

Since then Ger Brennan's side have faced must-win games against Laois and Kildare, where defeat would have spelled Tailteann Cup football this summer.

For Meath, already in the All-Ireland, the stakes haven't been quite as high but coming from 10 points behind to beat Offaly and turning over Dublin were both massive results. This Sunday is even bigger, as a decade and a half later these fierce rivals go head to head in a rematch of the infamous 2010 provincial decider where Joe Sheridan's last-ditch goal denied the Wee County a first Leinster title since 1957.

That wait is now in its 68th year and the wounds of 2010 remain raw for Louth fans.