Mathew Costello is poised to hand Meath a massive boost by returning in time for the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final clash with Galway.
Costello missed the shock group victory over Kerry that earned the Royals their place in the last eight of the championship due to a hamstring injury.
The key forward had already missed a chunk of the league campaign due to hamstring issues. "Mat's just about coming back, he should be alright to go," said Meath skipper Mathew Frayne.
The Summerhill man is relishing the prospect of facing Galway. It is the eighth championship meeting of the counties in total, and the first in 14 years.
Meath, in fact, have won their last two meetings - in the 2007 and 2011 All-Ireland qualifiers. "Yeah, it's a good draw," Frayne said. "We're happy enough. It's going to be a tough game.
"I don't think there's any easy games no matter what draw you got. We haven't obviously been in an All-Ireland quarter-final in a good few years so we're really looking forward to it now."
He has already watched the highlights of Galway's preliminary quarter-final win against Down on The Sunday Game. "I haven't fully looked into it yet. We'll get stuck into them this week and look over them and see what we can do," Frayne remarked.
"We kind of would have taken anyone. I don't think there's much between any of the teams that are left. It's harder to call games now with the new rules than it was before. I think it's kind of brought teams down to an equal level.
"But yeah, it's obviously exciting times for us. It's great to be in an All-Ireland quarter-final."
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