Padraic Joyce admits he’s still haunted by Galway’s All-Ireland SFC final defeat to Armagh.

“It’s a sickener, there’s no doubt about that, I still have nightmares about it,” the Galway and Connacht manager said at the launch of the Allianz inter-provincial series which will test out the FRC’s new rule ‘enhancements’ this weekend at Croke Park.

 “I said to the boys afterwards, we’ll regret it probably until we take our last breath in this world. But we had a great chance. Look, hats off to Armagh.

“You can’t deny they won the game. They came down with their game plan. They won the game by a point. But if someone told me on the Sunday morning, Armagh would score 1-11 and beat you… all that kind of stuff.’

“You can look back at it any way you want. It’s hard to look back at it. I haven’t watched the game properly yet.

“For the first couple of weeks, you’re just keeping your head down, avoiding people. It’s a lonely place to be, no doubt about it, but the buck stops with the manager. We understand that.”

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