Meath boss Colm O’Rourke described yesterday’s 2-15 to 1-7 defeat to Derry as “a reality check” for his team.

The Royals’ journey to Owenbeg ended in first defeat in this year’s Division 2 Allianz Football League campaign against the hosts whom were out of sight by half-time thanks to goals from Ethan Doherty and Niall Toner.

Speaking to RTE Sport afterwards, O’Rourke said the group were “very disappointed” with their display.

"We're trying to build a team and it's going to be a rocky road," he said.

"It'd be much easier to be commenting on the game tonight than to be actively participating in it!

"We know where we are, we got a reality check. We won our first two games, we knew it wasn't all going to be smooth. So, we have to go away and re-evaluate it.

"We were very poor tonight, we were very disappointed with our performance. But we'll be better the next day."

'We're trying to build a team and it's going to be a rocky road' - Colm O'Rourke reflects on Meath's reality check after their heavy loss to table toppers Derry in their Division 2 encounter #RTEGAA #AllianzLeagues #GAA pic.twitter.com/3Tsml4T5YZ

— RTÉ GAA (@RTEgaa) February 18, 2023

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