Farewell to a Rebel hero

Nicholas Murphy brought the curtain down on his distinguished inter-county career with his usual unfussy style, writes Michael Moynihan

Donegal are tough to play against but every team is beatable. They’ll tire you out and they work hard, but the fact that Cork played them this year would be a help next year if they met again. Only when you play against it do you realise how intense they are.

The text popped up on Nicholas Murphy’s phone under Daniel Goulding’s name: “You kept that one quiet.”