Malachy O’Rourke: ‘I know the players. That sums them up’

"They are brilliant fellas,” O’Rourke said, speaking on the Irish Examiner Gaelic football podcast.

THRILLER: Players from both side's react at the final whistle after the Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship Quarter-Final match between Tyrone and Monaghan at O'Neill's Healy Park in Omagh, Tyrone. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Once when Malachy O’Rourke was Monaghan manager, he gave each player a laminated card.

It was a message inspired by the Zulu warriors, and the chant South Africa adopted before the 1995 rugby World Cup clash with New Zealand.