Jack O’Connor’s side hadn’t scored a goal all championship but strike twice while limiting Meath to only nine points in Navan
, he noted, and they hadn’t done a whole pile generally to suggest they were trending towards another All-Ireland success.
Then Clifford finally got that goal which Kerry have craved and suddenly it was as if a release valve had been opened. Clifford was probably planning his exit strategy from the pitch long before full-time as he made a beeline towards the tunnel at the long whistle and escaped the hordes of autograph hunters. Lest we do him a disservice, he hung around afterwards before boarding the team bus to sign jerseys and programmes.
Meath didn’t exactly scare Kerry at any point but Colm O’Rourke’s young side - Sean Ryan was handed a Championship debut and two more, Brian O’Halloran and Michael Murphy, started their first Championship games - put in a decent first half performance. If Meath had been as efficient with their shooting, maybe they could have really got the 8,224 crowd behind them and unnerved Kerry. It didn’t happen though and while they enjoyed a decent first 15 minutes of the second half, it only yielded two more points.
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