At least 17 positive Covid test results within the Senior Tyrone football squad, the majority of whom have played in this years All-Ireland Championship. A minimum of four members of the backroom staff. They were remarkable numbers; numbers that very nearly ended Tyrone’s involvement in this year’s All-Ireland prematurely. Tyrone have had many a dogged battle in the past, on and off the football field. This though, clinging to Championship survival, was uncharted territory. The GAA pushed the game back a week. Tyrone had looked for two weeks. When Tyrone GAA released a statement on August 14th it was phrased…

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