'I'm always a proud Russell Rovers man, even in the dark days'

[team1]Conahy Shamrocks[/team1][score1]0-22[/score1][team2]Russell Rovers[/team2][score2]0-15[/score2][/score]

Half an hour or so after Russell Rovers' defeat at Croke Park, Michael Mannion was still struggling to find the right words to explain it all away.