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23rd June 2019
05:37pm BST

It took 11 minutes for the first score of the game. Meath were bright in the opening stages but could not find a rewarding score. Ciaran Kilkenny was the first player on either side to raise the flag and the first half ended 0-5 to 0-1.
The biggest talking points of the first half were a Paul Mannion penalty miss - striking the post of Andrew Colgan - and Dubs defender James McCarthy limping off.
At the break, former Kerry star Pat Spillane accused Dublin of 'fluting about' and playing in second gear while Meath's scoring return of 0-1 from 11 opportunities (9% success rate) was also noted.
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The bleak scoring scenario played out again in the second half as Dublin finally got going while Meath contrived to miss chance after chance.
Mickey Newman did get a point for the Royals but he was livid at himself for blazing over the bar with just Stephen Cluxton to beat.
Cormac Costello was withdrawn after a poor free was dragged wide and Rock, his replacement, gave Jim Gavin a reminder of his abilities with two quick points.
The exclamation point was delivered when Rock's hand-pass teed up Con O'Callaghan to slam home a goal after 67 minutes.
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