Séan Cavanagh Says 'Nothing Wrong' With Ugly Scenes After Ulster Final

Tyrone great Séan Cavanagh has played down the severity of the tussle that engulfed the aftermath of Saturday's Ulster final between Donegal and Armagh, claiming there was 'nothing wrong' with it.

The two sides played out an exhibition of Gaelic games in the Ulster SFC final on Saturday afternoon, with Jim McGuinness's men emerging one point, 2-23 to 0-28 winners after extra time.

Tension on a knife-edge, it was a 90-minute affair of unadulterated brilliance, a battle of sheer determination and will, and ultimately a classic for the ages - so just your average Ulster Final these days.

Yet despite the 90 minutes of footballing brilliance from the reigning All-Ireland champions and Jim McGuinness's glory-hunting Donegal, when the full-time whistle signalled the end of a game set to live long in the memory of GAA fans, all hell broke loose.

It was an outpouring of emotion, of devastation and of jubilation that turned into an all-out on-field brawl, requiring Gardaí to intervene and ultimately marring what had been a spectacle in Clones.

The incident, which appeared to be sparked by the reaction of the Armagh bench to a Donegal player boasting after the final whistle, saw a member of their bench run onto the field and appear to strike the Donegal player, leading to an all-out and immediate brawl between both sets of players.

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Despite the widespread condemnation of the antics that have dominated GAA headlines since Saturday, Séan Cavanagh wasn't too concerned by the fiasco, saying there was 'nothing wrong' with it.

Appearing on RTÉ's Saturday Game, the Tyrone legend admitted that while smoke flares had impacted his view of what happened from the studio, as long as nobody was hurt it was just part of the Ulster Championship.

What it lacked in intensity in turnovers, it seemed to make up for it in the end.

The flares managed to cover most of it, but that's Ulster Championship, that's intensity, that's passion.

There's nothing wrong with that as long as there's nobody hurt; it just typified the game we had today.

While there have been no reports of any injuries from the brawl as of yet, judging by the footage currently doing the rounds, there will most certainly be some sore heads and bodies, both within the playing groups and those who entered the fray to break the tussle up.

That said, few could refute the realities that while unsavoury and ugly, Saturday's antics will only add to the tension between these two sides should they meet again later in the All-Ireland Championship.

For the moment, however, both Armagh and Donegal will have to recover quickly for All-Ireland Championship action. This weekend's results means Donegal will be in a group alongside Mayo, Tyrone and Cavan. While Armagh enter a group of death with Dublin, Galway and Derry.