Sean Cavanagh thinks the only way the Leinster Senior Football Championship can be saved is by taking Dublin out of it.

The All-Ireland champions’ vice-like grip on the Delaney Cup shows no sign of loosening after another predictably one-sided victory over their once great rivals Meath in last Sunday’s Leinster SFC quarter-final.

"Meath showed no belief, you never felt like Meath were ever in the game," the former Tyrone star said on The Sunday Game.

"It almost feels as if it’s getting worse. It’s pitiful, the Leinster championship at this stage, there’s no competitiveness. You almost start to ask what’s the point? Offaly had a great win (on Saturday night), but they go on to play Dublin now and you feel sorry for them because no one has a chance."

Cavanagh added: "You look at what they’ve done in hurling and you start to think, okay, the Leinster Championship might be a great championship if Dublin weren’t there.

"Maybe if they were in Munster or they were in Ulster or Connacht, at least we’d have a championship.

"It just feels that in such a condensed season we spend so much time, precious time, in championship mode playing games that are non-events – and today typified that."

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