Football’s beauty and beast in full view as Donegal draw with Monaghan
It’s not many games that leave you so conflicted but Saturday’s Ulster semi-final exhibited so much of the good and the bad that shapes Gaelic football at the moment.
On one hand, the physical nature of this encounter was thrilling. No game in this championship, indeed none since the 2014 All-Ireland semi-final replay in Limerick, has provided as much in the way of genuine hard hits. We imagine the likes of Martin McElhinney and Drew Wylie are this morning still feeling the effects of the bruising shoulders they were subjected to by Kieran Hughes and Michael Murphy respectively. They may just recover in time for the replay, which has been slated next Saturday, again at Breffni Park.
