Restoring pride the target for New York

PA MURPHY leads New York against Galway in tomorrow’s Connacht SFC first round clash, believing the exiles’ new-look panel can restore pride with a team spirit much stronger than in previous years.

Former Kerry minor and U21 Murphy, at the age of 26, is one of only five survivors from last season’s New York panel which hit rock bottom in the Connacht SFC championship with a miserable 3-28 to 1-8 defeat to Mayo.

It was a humiliation which left many in New York GAA circles wondering whether there was any future for the side at inter-county level.