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14 May, 2025
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All-Ireland winner slams Joe Brolly for claiming Donegal GAA star ‘got what he deserved’ in post-Ulster final brawl
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EAMON McGEE clapped back at Joe Brolly after he suggested the Donegal player who appeared to set off the brawl after the Ulster final "got what he deserved". There were ugly scenes after the Tir Chonaill's win over Armagh at Croke Park when a fight broke out between members of both teams. Video circulated on social media which some claim shows a Donegal player celebrating in the direction of the Orchard sideline, which led to an individual confronting him and the scuffle setting off. Former Derry GAA star and RTE pundit Joe Brolly gave his take on the controversial incident on his Free State podcast, and suggested the player got what he deserved. He said: "He got really what he deserved, the kid. "He shouldn't be at it. I appreciate that it is beyond the boundaries to go knocking the head off him. He continued: "You would think if that happened in a big rugby game that there would be any other outcome than that? "It was way outside what was acceptable and I will happily defend the Armagh subs if it ever came to it." The take drew plenty of reaction, including from All-Ireland winner McGee, who insisted more should be made of the Armagh reaction. He tweeted: "Should be less talk about what the Donegal player said or did and more talk about the mob that descended on him." Saturday was Jim McGuinness' fifth provincial title as manager, having lost five finals as a player. And he was happy to allow his charges to bask in the celebrations. McGuinness said: “Yeah, they’re all very unique. They’re all as special as the next one. And you’re in a packed house out there and the sun’s shining. And, you know, we all travelled to Ulster finals as children. And that’s the moment. “The house is full and the sun is shining. Somebody’s going to win and somebody, unfortunately, is not going to win. “We had a lot of days against Armagh, in many respects, where we were out the wrong side of it. "A lot of days I played in Ulster finals. So they’re very special.” Donegal go into an All-Ireland SFC series group with Tyrone, Cavan and Mayo. And McGuinness continued: “We will enjoy tonight, enjoy that with our families — and refocus then as quickly as we can because another competition is going to start now. “But we’re not talking much about that tonight. I’m just proud of them, proud of the way they went about it and kept going to the very end. And they’re entitled to celebrate.” McGuinness condemned the ugly scenes that marred the end of their victory. He said: “I don’t have a perspective on that. It’s not nice to see. It shouldn’t happen. "I was giving my daughter a hug at the time. I didn’t see what happened, but it shouldn’t be in the game.”
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