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Listen: Gary Duffy reflects on Donegal’s Buncrana Cup final loss to Tyrone

written by Chris McNulty August 13, 2017
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Donegal Under-16 manager Gary Duffy says Donegal aren’t too far behind their Ulster peers after a narrow Buncrana Cup final loss to Tyrone yesterday.

Tyrone won 1-9 to 1-6 in the final at The Scarvey, after Donegal had earlier beaten three-in-a-row champions Monaghan in the semi-final.

“We’re not far behind,” Duffy insisted.

“We’re about six or seven months behind Tyrone. We need to get our under-14 and 15 teams on programmes to have them ready. The next step for us is building the physicality to take Donegal to a new level.”

Padraig McGettigan’s early goal gave Donegal the perfect start in the final, but the sides were level 1-2 apiece at half-time and Tyrone had the better of the second half.

Duffy said: “Tyrone edged it there. We ran out of legs. We just didn’t have the legs to see it through. We have to build on that to go forward.

“We should have had more scores on the board in the first half.”

The semi, where goals by Jonathan Toye and Cathal Gillespie gave Donegal a 2-8 to 1-10 win, took a lot out of the Tir Chonaill men and Duffy added: “There were tired legs and they were drained from the semi-final.”

Listen to the full interview below …

Listen: Gary Duffy reflects on Donegal’s Buncrana Cup final loss to Tyrone was last modified: August 12th, 2017 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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