'They play at 100mph for the whole game': Cavan failed to match Dubs intensity, Thomas Galligan admits

'Personally it was disappointing not to play well because I was doing alright in the games before that'

Cavan's Thomas Galligan leaving the pitch after being sent off late on against Dublin. Galligan is the PwC GAA/GPA Footballer of the Month for November for his Ulster final display. Picture: INPHO/Bryan Keane

Ulster final hero Thomas Galligan has admitted his failure to spark for Cavan against Dublin last weekend left him with a double sense of disappointment afterwards.

Galligan's all-action display earned him the Man of the Match award in the provincial final against Donegal, helping Cavan to secure a first title since 1997, but he was kept largely on the periphery by Dublin at Croke Park.