IT'S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.... WE CAN RUAIR

RUAIRI KINSELLA said sticking it to those who wrote Meath off and finishing so strongly at Croke Park was sweet.

- BY PAUL KEANE

The Royals winced as a six-point lead with 56 minutes on the clock suddenly turned into a three-point deficit at the hour mark.

Galway had all the momentum at that stage and appeared to be finally delivering on their favourites tag after slamming in two goals.

But Meath, the only Division 2 team still alive in the Championship, dug remarkably deep to conjure the scores late on to win it.

Attacker Kinsella said: "When Galway scored that second goal to go three up, I'd say 90 percent of the country wrote us off then, there and then.