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Colm O’Rourke said the “humiliation” of Meath at the hands of Dublin shows that Royal County is simply not progressing and described the meeting as “a really bad reflection of Leinster football.”
On the 100th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Dessie Farrell’s Dubs clinched a 10th straight Leinster SFC title with a 21-point loss to a fully outclassed Meath.
O’Rourke, a two-time All-Ireland winner who also claimed five provincial medals with Meath, lamented the result and the performance.
“I was hoping Meath would put on a pretty good show,” he said on The Sunday Game Live panel.
“I don’t think anyone really expected us to win the game. The bookies were giving a ten point difference. I thought we would surely get over it. Instead, we received a complete humiliation, on such a historic night that it was carried out. with great pleasure and dignity.
“But it was a humiliation and, of course, in the larger field of things, it is a bad reflection of Leinster football.”
“I thought we were making progress. I thought we would get closer to Dublin.
“I guess the warning signs were there against Kildare as we only scored nine points. Most of the good teams are scoring 16 or 18 points in the soccer championship, even in the winter conditions that we have.”
As the Dubs advanced in pursuit of their sixth straight SFC All-Ireland title, Meath and the rest of the province stayed to reflect on where they are headed now.
“It doesn’t look like Meath is making progress and it also shows that if you take Dublin out of Leinster you have a competitive championship,” O’Rourke added.
“If Meath and the rest have regressed and Dublin progressed, that’s an argument I might have as well. Dublin probably looks better at this stage than it has been in many years, but it also shows that I think that, in general, everyone else seems to be playing for the silver medal at this stage. “
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