Meath face a head-to-head with their masters in Croke Park after refusing to travel to Portaferry to face Down in Sunday's NHL Division Two play-off.

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The Royal hurlers' boss John Hunt has insisted that he will not be bringing his squad north following the cancellation of last week's game.

Fog prevented the travelling Meath party from boarding the ferry at Strangford last weekend.

''I've told Croke Park we will not play in Portaferry on Sunday,'' he said.

''We have an U21 Leinster championship game on Saturday evening in Navan against Kildare.

''If we win that game, we're playing again on Wednesday. Fourteen of that U21 panel are on the senior panel. I am not going to ask them to get up at dawn on Sunday to travel to Portaferry.

''Additionally, two guards who managed to get last weekend off, can't get Sunday off because of the May Day protests.

''I consider myself a reasonable person, but we're getting nothing from these people in Croke Park or in the Leinster Council.''

Article taken from BBC Website.