FOOTBALL: Meath v Waterford- WITH WATERFORD missing their hurlers Gary Hurney and Shane Walsh even the remotest chance of Meath messing up on the qualifier route like last season can be put on ice for now.

Kevin Reilly and captain Stephen Bray are out injured, but manager Eamonn O’Brien also felt compelled to drop Niall McKeigue and Mark Ward after a poor collective showing against Dublin.

Caoimhín King has be moved from wing forward to wing back, while Anthony Moyles is asked to make an impact at full back.

MEATH:P O'Rourke; C O'Connor, A Moyles, E Harrington; S Kenny, C McGuinness, C King; N Crawford, B Meade; P Byrne, J Sheridan, S McAnarney; D Bray, B Farrell, C Ward.

WATERFORD:T Wall; S Briggs, T O'Gorman, M O'Gorman; E Rockett, L Lawlor, T Grey; S O'Hare, B Phelan; W Hennessy, B Walsh, L Ó Lionnain; S Cunningham, G Power, B Hurney.

Referee:T Quigley (Dublin).