McBrearty ready to push on

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McBrearty was the pick of the 2014 Opel GAA-GPA All-Stars selection as they went down in Saturday’s exhibition game in the Irish Cultural Centre in Canton, Massachusetts. The game was a drab affair as players were spooked by a severe injury to former Kerry U21 Kieran O’Connor in the curtain raiser. The New York player broke a leg and tore ankle ligaments in a fall as they drew with Boston 1-9 apiece in a heated encounter.

Speaking about his Donegal ambitions, McBrearty said: “I was going in there at a time that Colm McFadden and Michael Murphy were probably the two predominant forwards in Ulster. I was kind of the wee sideshow over in the other corner. So it’s just about patience and waiting for your time to come. I was happy to do that; we were winning games.