Tyrone captain Padraig Hampsey says he’s confident the Red Hands can bounce back again next season and “get the thing going again”.

Last year’s Sam Maguire Cup winners suffered a disappointing championship campaign which saw them exiting Ulster at the quarter-final stage to Derry before seeing their season ended by Armagh in early June.

Speaking to BBC Sport NI, Hampsey say he knows he and his team mates will come back with the hunger to try and get back on top again next season.

"Any day you put on a Tyrone jersey, you go out to do the team proud and the jersey proud. But look, things just didn't get going this year. It's hard to put a finger on it. The Ulster Championship is such a tough competition, it's tough to get going because you're going up against big opposition.

"The likes of Derry, they had a great year. They done well to win the Ulster Championship and the likes of Armagh beating us in the qualifiers, we were really disappointed getting beaten that day in the Athletic Grounds.

"But the lads will come back with that bit of hunger and fight for next year because we have a young enough panel and we'll hopefully push on."

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