Meath 1-18 Cork 1-10
Turns out it was no great harm that neither Meath manager Andy McEntee nor Cork’s Keith Ricken were available for post-match interviews in Navan.
Meath led virtually from pillar to post, benefiting from the return of Bryan Menton at midfield and easing their relegation fears considerably with their best performance of 2022 so far.
Cork, on the other hand, never really looked like claiming a badly-needed win and duly walked away empty-handed. Beyond that, there wasn’t a whole pile either manager could probably add.
Despite playing into the stiff wind in the first half for the fifth game running, Meath led by five points at half-time and secured their first win of the campaign with an unanswered burst of 1-4 between the 48th and 54th minutes.
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- March 14, 2022
