Robbie Brennan singled Jordan Morris out for special praise after Meath’s sensational season continued with victory over Galway.

Morris scored 1-6 in a man of the match display as the rejuvenated Royals edged out Galway by a point to set up an All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Donegal. His contribution was all the more noteworthy following his recovery from a serious knee injury sustained against Louth in the Allianz League which looked to have ended his season at the time.

“I keep saying to people, there’s a touch of genius about Jordan,” the Meath manager said of the Kingscourt Stars sharpshooter in the Croke Park media room.

“I’ve referenced before the likes of Shane Walsh for Galway, who was out there playing, and maybe Paul Mannion too having worked with these guys.

“But Jordan is absolutely in that category. He is impossible to mark at times, literally impossible to mark. At other times, he might have a turnover and lose the ball but they’re what we call creative turnovers. You’re allowed to have them when you’re that type of player.

“Even at half-time, I spoke to Jordan. We were saying, ‘Keep on trying for it, keep on trying it’ because we knew what he has, that ability, and we knew it would come good for him eventually. And he showed it in the second-half there. He’s just unreal. He can’t be stopped when he’s in form like that.”

Meath’s joy at the final whistle was in stark contrast to the disappointment they experienced after losing the Leinster SFC final to Louth on their last visit to Croke Park.

“I think the Leinster final probably stood to us,” Brennan continued.

“We said in the dressing-room afterwards that we’d be back here this year, in Croke Park. No matter what we had to do, we’d get back here. And we knew when we were back that this was our opportunity.

“We’re probably lucky. Is that what everyone says? We keep getting lucky? We were lucky against Dublin. We were lucky against Kerry. And I guess we were lucky again today. So we’ll see who we get in the semi now. And we’ll have to be lucky again, I suppose.”

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