Philly McMahon on eye-gouging claims: ‘We’re grown men; we play a physical sport’

“What happens on the pitch stays on the pitch. We shook hands and that was the end of it.”

Dublin’s Philly McMahon has defended himself regarding allegations he eye-gouged Kieran Donaghy yesterday, describing the on-field incident as happening “in the heat of battle”.

McMahon has come in for heavy criticism from GAA fans after the incident late in the second-half of yesterday’s All-Ireland SFC final, which Dublin won.