Louth v Meath decision that left Royals boss disappointed labelled 'karma'
Sean Cavanagh described the late free that won Louth the Leinster Championship as 'karma' for their 2010 final defeat to Meath.
The Wee County overcame their rivals in front of over 60,000 people at Croke Park on Sunday as Sam Mulroy kicked over what proved to be a winning two-point free before a Craig Lennon point doubled their advantage.
Meath manager Robbie Brennan questioned the validity of the free, which was won by Conal McKeever, after the match.
He said: "Disappointed. The two-pointer one, it's on the TV (big screen) you can see it's not a foul.
"They're fine margins and we said at half-time the 1% margins, as the rugby boys always say, is what you have to go after. A few of them fell Louth's way but that's not to take away from Louth and how well they played. But, yeah, we're frustrated with some of them but I'm sure we got a couple of bounces our way as well. We just have to go with it."
The incident was discussed on RTE's live coverage of the match, with former Dublin player Ciaran Whelan saying: "Meath will look at this tonight and they'll kind of wonder. I don't think it's a free being honest when you see the replay.
"I don't know what Mark McNally's seen but that's a two-pointer free. We spoke about Mulroy before the game and that goes from one point down to one point up.
"I think there's four or five minutes on the clock showing at that point and then they go for home."
Tyrone legend Cavanagh responded by saying: "We'll call that free 2010 karma. I felt Louth were full value for it."
"(Tommy) Durnin took a couple of great fetches in midfield, (Ciaran) Downey's running, Mulroy was like for Louth what Michael Murphy was for Donegal yesterday. He was the centre of everything. I felt they were full value for the win."
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