New York captain Jamie Boyle spoke of his extreme pride in the team’s performance after losing out narrowly to Sligo yesterday.

In what was their first competitive match since 2019 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, New York pushed the Yeats men all the way in Bronx before eventually falling to a 1-16 to 0-15 defeat.

The win advances Sligo to the Connacht SFC semi-finals while the Exiles bow out of the championship and, speaking to RTE Sport afterwards, Boyle said the home side’s performance was something to be proud of.

"Not one man quit out there today. We said since day one in camp here when we started on this field that we're going to die on every ball," he stated.

"We got 41 guys on the panel, so the second somebody got tired, the second somebody showed they needed to come off, it was next man up.

"Extremely proud of how we fought. We stayed in it 'til the end. They went up a goal, nobody put their heads down. That does a number on Sligo too. To see 'alright we just scored a goal and now they're back in our faces'. So, extremely proud."

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