Harry Murphy felt his Wicklow side were "bullied" by Meath in the second half of their Leinster SFC defeat at Dr Cullen Park.

The Rathnew man bemoaned the Garden County's inability to match the Royals in the physical stakes after leading by five points on two different occasions in the first half.

"We started quite well, but then Meath's power came into it. They're big all over the place. When they started coming at us we didn't have much in defence," he said.

"They took over midfield, Graham Reilly killed us coming at us all day. We just didn't have the strength. We couldn't have asked for any better of a start, but when they came at us we had no answer to them. They bullied us in the second half. We had a few chances near the end but, realistically, Meath were the better side.

"It wasn't just midfielders they had, they had big men all over the field. We just hadn't the physique." Tweet

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