Mulholland braced for physical final

GALWAY’S Alan Mulholland won an All-Ireland MFC medal as a player when the Tribesmen beat Cork in the 1986 final.

Tomorrow he hopes to maintain that winning sequence, this time as a coach, when he takes his county to Croke Park to do battle with Derry in this year’s decider (1.30pm, RTÉ Two).

This will be the first meeting between the counties in a decider and Mulholland admits this Derry team are an exceptional outfit.