EOGHAN PLACES

Meath's Frayne says boss Robbie would lift any county in the country

- BY KARL O'KANE

EOGHAN Frayne reckons Meath manager Robbie Brennan would lift the confidence of any side in the country.

Kilmacud Crokes' All-Ireland winning club manager Brennan also landed three Dublin and Leinster championships with the Stillorgan outfit.

And the Dunboyne man has been a revelation in his first season, guiding Meath to shock championship wins over Dublin, Kerry and Galway to set up an All-Ireland semifinal with Donegal at Croke Park today.

"He's just given us a huge lift, and like I said before the Galway game, he fills you with confidence, which I think the group needed," said Royals' skipper Frayne.

"If you put him into any team in the country, I think he'd fill them with confidence and I think confidence makes a huge difference to how you play.

"There's not that much in the skill set between a lot of teams but I think once you have a good work rate and you have a bit of confidence about you, I think you can end up winning games.

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"Luckily, we've won a good few this year so I can't speak highly enough of him. I think he's been great.

"Colm (O'Rourke) was great while he was there and you can't speak highly enough about him because he gave me my chance to play for Meath.