Peter Canavan believes Meath are capable of beating any team on their day.

The Royals have built on last year's surprise run to the All-Ireland SFC semi-finals by winning Division 2 of the Allianz Football League, and have added real strength to their squad according to the Tyrone legend.

"I’ve seen enough of them this year to suggest that they are improving and more than capable of taking out one of the bigger teams this summer," Canavan said on RTÉ’s Inside Sport.

"One of the things they needed to add from last year’s campaign was strength, and depth, and they have unearthed Jack O’Connor and the football he is playing this year is remarkable. The goal he scored (against Cork) was one of the highlights of the weekend.

"When I say strength in depth, when things were tight going into the last 15 minutes of the game, they brought on James Conlon and he lit the place up, scoring four points and winning frees. That’s exactly the sort of impact Robbie Brennan would want from his bench.

"There was a spell midway through the second half where Meath won nine of Cork’s 10 kickouts. That was their platform to win the game.

"They have a lot of big, physical men around the middle who can play ball as well."

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