Colm O’Rourke’s side gave in plenty in the first half but a controversial opening goal for Seán Bugler was turning point
Colm O’Rourke’s side gave in plenty in the first half but a controversial opening goal for Seán Bugler was turning pointDublin’s Con O'Callaghan scores his side’s third goal during the Leinster SFC quarter-final against Meath at Croke Park. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inphoand eventually found their stride to run up the usual double-digit victory. You’d say it drove another nail into the coffin of the Leinster Championship, except that the coffin ran out of nail space a long time ago.
All of which is fine and true and old, old news. In the here and now, Meath gave it plenty but were outclassed by a Dublin team that wasn’t firing on anything like the form they showed in the league final a fortnight ago. As O’Rourke pointed out, Dublin had players who have more All-Ireland medals than some of his squad have championship appearances. The longer this went on, the more it told.
But the crucial moment of the first half was the Dublin goal. Meath had every reason to feel aggrieved about it – Bugler should have been called back for overcarrying as he bumped and dodgemed through to bury the ball into the roof of the Hill 16 net on 19 minutes. In any case, Bugler’s goal sent Dublin into a 1-3 to 0-3 lead, turning what had been a keenly-contested opening into more familiar Leinster Championship fare. Mannion raked in a couple of handy points as Meath tried to gather themselves and in the space of three minutes the Dubs were five ahead.
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