Hughes: I would have done the same as Sean

Monaghan's Darren Hughes has said he would have committed the same cynical foul as Sean Cavanagh whose "rugby tackle" denied Conor McManus a goal-scoring chance during Tyrone's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final win at Croke Park.

Hughes: I would have done the same as Sean

Monaghan's Darren Hughes has said he would have committed the same cynical foul as Sean Cavanagh whose "rugby tackle" denied Conor McManus a goal-scoring chance during Tyrone's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final win at Croke Park.

It was a crucial moment in Saturday's all-Ulster tie which finished in a 0-14 to 0-12 victory for the Red Hands, with the 49th minute incident involving Cavanagh and Monaghan forward McManus emerging as a huge talking point.

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