Harte hits the spot with first touch as St Mary’s march on

St Mary's, Belfast 1-7

The game looked to be petering out to a drab draw, until Aidan McCarron, the flying Mary’s full-forward, was wrestled to the ground inside the square.

Cue Mark Harte. The Errigal Ciaran and Tyrone star was under strict orders not to play lest some injury rule him out of Sunday’s All-Ireland Club Football semi-final with Nemo Rangers. On the bus down to Dublin, however, he told Paddy Tally if the team got a last-minute penalty, he would take it.