The Trim clubman became just the third Meath skipper to lift the Sam Maguire Cup after Brian Smyth (1949) and Peter McDermott (1954) Want the day's sports headlines straight to your inbox?

Down and Meath will have to do it all again in the Christy Ring Cup semi-final after a 2-22 to 1-25 draw after extra-time at Trim. Down led by five points three minutes into the second half of ...