Robbie Brennan cut a contented figure after winning his first piece of silverware as Meath football manager.

The Royals enjoyed a memorable run to last year’s All-Ireland SFC semi-finals and have built on that this spring by first clinching promotion and then claiming the Allianz Football League Division 2 title at Cork’s expense.

“You have to hope it’s another little step on the way,” the Meath boss said in the Croke Park media room.

“As we’ve said, it’s not our stop-off point at all here today. We still have other plans we want to try and get after. We’re kind of getting to the stage where it’s not necessarily about belief anymore. The lads should understand now that they’re at that level and they’re more than capable of holding their own and beating good teams.

“Now it’s into being able to maintain those standards across 70 minutes, which we still probably haven’t done yet. We’re still chasing that.”

He added: “Overall, the overriding feeling just delight for the lads to pick up a bit of silverware. We started well and then kind of came off it a little bit. It’s been a bit of a theme, probably through the league.

“At half-time we were quite fortunate only to be two behind at that stage. I thought we scrambled well at times, it was just the onus on the lads then to see could they come out and put a good 35 together and, just really encouraging for them the way they finished the game out.

“The lads should enjoy that, for those that want to go and celebrate it.”

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