Winning all that matters for Monaghan football manager Malachy O’Rourke

The entertainment business is probably best left to Conor McGregor-type showmen because sport, Malachy O’Rourke insists, is about winning.

The Monaghan manager will be apologising to nobody if Sunday’s Ulster senior football championship final against Donegal turns out to be a poor affair, even if it’s as bad as their league clash in Letterkenny.

Monaghan won 0-9 to 1-4 to take the points, and the criticism that went with it, but Gaelic football is not UFC and for those on the sideline, the result is the only thing that matters.