Playing football in August and beyond is what it's all about as far as experienced Tyrone defender Aidan McCrory is concerned.

McCrory and his Tyrone team-mates will try to put a stop to Dublin's push for an All-Ireland SFC three-in-a-row this Sunday at GAA headquarters and there is no where else he would rather be.

"Winning back to back Ulsters was huge for us as players," the Errigal Ciaran clubman told gaa.ie.

"The Ulster Championship, being what it is, can be so hard to win. It took us so long to get there and to do it two years running is brilliant. Now it has led on to this point. We are just happy to still be playing football, to be in with a shout.

"It has been a couple of years since we have been playing football well into August so it is great. There is a great buzz about the county, a lot of people are excited about it.

"That is your goal when you start out at the beginning of the year. It is what you are aiming for. The fact you are still here, you are doing it at where you wanted to be.

"If you are finished and you are watching other teams play you are just thinking that is where you want to be. When you are still playing football and other teams aren't, that is really when you want to be playing."

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