Stephen Morris Crossmaglen v Cullyhanna post-match

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Crossmaglen Rangers midfielder Stephen Morris spoke to us after they defeated neighbours Cullyhanna with a last-gasp winner in the Armagh SFC Quarter-final.

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00:00So we're here with Stephen Morris across the lane. Stephen, fair to say your push is close

00:04there but you did enough and got over the line and I'm happy for you to get that win.

00:07Yeah, definitely it was very nervy there, especially in the second half, going so long

00:11without scoring. They really lifted it and pushed us, fair play to them, but yeah, good

00:15to get over the lane there, good kick from them.

00:17Really enjoyable game to play in, wasn't it, with a good crowd here in Armagh, obviously

00:20local derby and especially enjoyable when you get the win there.

00:23Yeah, it's definitely enjoyable when you get the win at the end, but yeah, playing at local

00:27derby, as you say, and the neighbours have been doing well, a good intermediate campaign

00:30last year, pushing it for this year, so in games you always want to be a part of big

00:33crowds and stuff.

00:34Probably the first half where you did most of the damage, you got that five point halftime

00:38lead and you were well in control of it at halftime, but did you always expect we were

00:41going to get a proper push?

00:43Yeah, well we talked all week about how they were always going to be, they were never going

00:47to day, you know, that they were always going to keep coming back, coming back, coming back

00:50if we didn't get a few points up, so we were nearly ready for it, we didn't obviously execute

00:54it, but we knew regularly that they wouldn't lay down a lick, so we were glad to get up

00:58the lane.

00:59And the way you won the game, of course, it was all very tense in the end, going into

01:02the savage time, getting that last point, you've been there, you've done it, you've

01:05won championships, was that important that you have that experience not to panic?

01:08Yeah, it was just that know-how, experience, as you were saying, get our main men on the

01:12ball, get our shooters on the ball, get it set up, you know, set the nail, we've been

01:15working on it, and we just trusted the process and eventually we got us up the lane, thank God.

01:20And a good battle in midfield, did you enjoy that?

01:22Oh, yeah, it's always good to go up against them boys, yeah, good honest lads, always

01:26give 100%

01:27And I've just been told now the draw has been made for the semi-finals, sort of putting

01:30you on the spot a wee bit here, but it's Clannagher and a team you know well, what do we expect

01:33in two weeks' time?

01:34Yeah, it's going to be a good game as well, you know, they fancied themselves, we fancied

01:38themselves, so it's going to be a good game, for sure.

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