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Listen: Declan Coulter says Donegal hurlers will be out to prove a point in 2019

written by Chris McNulty November 6, 2018
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Declan Coulter says Donegal hurlers want to prove that they’re in Division 2B and the Christy Ring Cup on ‘merit’ in 2019.

Donegal defeated Derry, Down and Armagh this year – their first ever wins at Division 2B level – to stave off the threat of relegation.

The Tir Chonaill men won the Nicky Rackard Cup with a Croke Park win over Warwickshire and jump up to play in the Christy Ring Cup in 2019.

“The goals change for next year,” said Coulter, who was named the Nicky Rackard Hurler of the Year on Friday night at the GAA All-Stars banquet in Dublin.

“We were a surprise package in the League this year and caught some on the hop. We won’t have that next year.

“Survival will be the aim and consolidate the place and show we’re here on merit. We don’t want to be a yo-yo team.”

It has been a busy couple of weeks for the Armagh native, who plays for Setanta, following the birth of a son, Thomas, on Thursday-week last.

Along with Donegal team-mate Stephen Gillespie, Coulter was named on the Nicky Rackard/Lory Meagher Team of the Year.

He said: “No-one sets out at the start of the year to win personal award. It’s all about the team. And it was a team effort against Warwickshire. It was nice to stand ups there and represent all the Donegal boys.”

Listen to the full interview below …

Listen: Declan Coulter says Donegal hurlers will be out to prove a point in 2019 was last modified: November 5th, 2018 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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