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Two Donegal players on ‘best 15′ opponents for former Dubs’ star Murphy

written by Chris McNulty April 10, 2020
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TWO Donegal footballers have made it into the best 15 players former Dublin forward Vinnie Murphy played against.

Murphy was an All-Ireland winner with the Dubs in 1995 and also won five Leinster SFC titles.

He featured in 1992 when Donegal defeated Dublin in the All-Ireland final.

Murphy has included ’92 Donegal legends Martin Shovlin and Martin McHugh as part of the best 15 he came up against.

Best 15 I played against.
Cake Curran, Bobby O’Malley, Mick Lyons, Ciaran McKeever, Graham Geraghty, Henry Downey, Martin Shovlin, Anthony Towel, Darragh O’Sè, Maurice Fitz, Greg Blaney, Martin McHugh, Mickey Linden, Peter Canavan, Bernard Flynn.

— Vinnie Murphy QFA (@Vinniedub14) March 31, 2020


 

Murphy also selected the best 15 players that he played with:

Best 15 footballers I played with.
Stephen Cluxton( sorry johno) Éamon Heary, Gerry Hargan, Barry O’Sè, Paul Curran, Keith Barr, Damien McCormack, Brian Stynes, Ciaran Whelan, Brendan O’Brien, Dessie Farrell, Paul Clarke, Jack Sheedy, Declan Quill, Charlie Redmond.

— Vinnie Murphy QFA (@Vinniedub14) March 31, 2020

Two Donegal players on ‘best 15′ opponents for former Dubs’ star Murphy was last modified: April 10th, 2020 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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