Kieran McGeeney reckons Donegal don't come close to either Dublin or Kerry in terms of physicality.
When asked yesterday if Donegal - whom McGeeney's Armagh are due to meet on Sunday week - are the most physical side in the country right now, the 2002 All-Ireland winning captain replied:
"No, definitely not. I would put Kerry and Dublin way above them in terms of physical contact. The physicality, I think, is seen more in Ulster than in other provinces, but from a playing point of view, I can categorically state they are not even in the same ball park.
"They might be closer, because of the northern thing - and you might as well call it northern, more than Ulster - there is more of a rivalry and there is more friction in it. But in terms of actual physicality, you are on about bigger men and harder hitters.
"In fairness, Mayo have stepped up too in the last couple of years in terms of the size of the men they have and the way they hit. When I say that, people think that I am being derogatory and I am not - I am being the opposite - and that is why I always enjoyed playing against those teams, because I think you were allowed to play that way."
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