Colm O'Rourke admitted that “we are where we deserve to be” after seeing his Meath side drop into the Tailteann Cup.
A 1-11 to 0-10 defeat to Offaly in Tullamore sent Meath tumbling out of the Leinster Championship having gone into the game knowing that they had to reach the provincial final to retain their spot in the All-Ireland SFC.
The writing was on the wall as Meath fell 1-4 to 0-0 behind by the 22nd minute and they trailed by nine points at half-time, with a second half rally never looking likely to retrieve the situation.
