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"I nearly didn't get on the pitch because there were three of them waiting on the sideline for me. I went to get on and they said to me, 'You know you're going to get it today'. "I was like, 'F**k it, whatever'. "Paul Galvin just ran straight out and through the middle of two of them, 'Get the f**k out of the way!' I don't think even they understood what he said. He just burst the whole lot of them out of the way."https://youtu.be/ivEs0sqo70A The match took several minutes to get going after a canine pitch invasion and several fights that broke out across the pitch. The Aussies were not for backing down but, after some pure chaos, a match broke out. Order was restored for a while until Galvin and Aidan O'Mahony started meting out some hefty hits and it all kicked off again. McGeeney recalls having a 'chat' with the Australian captain before the Kerry duo got involved with some nearby Aussies. "I remember O'Mahony and Galvin being beside me," he says, "and the next minute we were all sitting on the sideline. It was the only game I ever got sent off in." "I was I was sent off," remarked Tyrone's Sean Cavanagh, who stayed on until the end. Australia won most of the fights and their comprehensive win on the scoreboard saw them take the series. You can listen to the lads chatting about the game from 46:00 below: https://soundcloud.com/sportsjoe-gaa-hour/the-gaa-hour-live-from-the-academy "Most Australian sportspeople take it serious," Geraghty dead-panned. "I looked at it a few weeks back and I'm there getting the head beat off me and the referee is there, 'Ah come lads. Don't'."
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