Ronan O'Neill: Tyrone trained three times a week and that was it

Setting it straight: Ronan O'Neill, pictured at the launch of the 2016 GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship with Roscommon's Neil Collins, Dublin's Paul Flynn and Cork's Colm O'Neill. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile 

RETIRED Tyrone forward Ronan O’Neill has disputed Sean Cavanagh’s claim that in order to win the All-Ireland last year, they trained six times a week.

Cavanagh was asked a few weeks back about the stand-off between the Gaelic Players Association and the GAA over the limit on training sessions that would be funded by expenses and said: “Tyrone wouldn’t have won the All-Ireland last year if they hadn’t trained six times a week. If they hadn’t been doing things in the morning before they go to work or doing lunchtime sessions, they wouldn’t have won the All-Ireland.”