'We have green and gold blood running through us every one of us'

Experienced Leitrim attacker Emlyn Mulligan insists it was more important for them than New York to win Sunday’s gripping Connacht SFC tie.

The 30-year old accepts a New York win would give a huge boost to the sport in the United States but he didn’t subscribe to the view that it would be better for Connacht — or football in general — if the Exiles were victorious in the Bronx.

After an extra-time epic in the Big Apple, Mulligan and company emerged with a 0-19 to 1-15 win.