Donegal's boys become men in the white heat of battle

Paddy McBrearty couldn’t wait to get close enough to scream into Eoghan ‘Bán’ Gallagher’s ear after Sunday’s Ulster final defeat of Fermanagh in Clones.

The Kilcar forward had had a word with the Killybegs defender earlier in the week and he was eager to remind him of how that conversation went.

“I told you you’d score a goal, didn’t I,” he roared amidst the bedlam. “What did I tell you?”