Diving furore took its toll, admits Tiernan McCann

Tyrone defender Tiernan McCann has admitted that dealing with the media storm that surrounded last summer’s diving debacle was difficult for him personally.

The Red Hand man was widely pilloried for dropping dramatically to the turf last August after his hair was touched by Monaghan’s Darren Hughes in the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

Hughes was shown a red card by referee Marty Duffy and later admitted he was “in a state of shock” after the incident.