Pressure is off for Slaughtneil, says Chrissy McKaigue

There is a strong chance, according to the bookies at least, that Slaughtneil will leave Croke Park tomorrow as an AIB All-Ireland final runner-up for the second time in three seasons.

Christopher McKaigue, Slaughtneil’s commanding centre-back, views the game through a different prism, though, reasoning that there is effectively no pressure on the team to perform.

He says that if their camogie team, who recently won the All-Ireland title, had been beaten, similar to the club hurlers who lost at the All-Ireland semi-final stage, then things would be different.