All-Ireland semi-final: Tyrone’s Meyler hopes resilience will bring glory

“I still have those memories, that is what you are always chasing, chasing that sort of feeling.

“It’s not the most glamorous role maybe that I play and you don’t get the plaudits others get, but the dream is to be standing in Croke Park when the final whistle blows on All-Ireland final day and you’re victorious.”

He was only 20 with a handful of senior games behind him when Tyrone last faced Kerry in an All-Ireland semi-final in 2015.

Meyler and his former Under-21 team-mates Padraig Hampsey, Frank Burns, Kieran McGeary and Cathal McShane now provide essential leadership and experience, and appear a little further down the road in terms of their development than a young, but precociously talented Kerry side.

“We’re at a nice age now, but I don’t think experience will be the reason for one team winning or not on Sunday,” he says.

“It’s a double edged sword. Those boys are playing without fear and that’s definitely something that could benefit them as well.

“They’re elusive and it’s hard to know what they’re going to do next. You can set up whatever way you want, but their transition to the forward line is class.

“It will come down to small percentages, I can’t see either team coming out by an awful lot.”