Player gets injured in Derry junior championship, proceeds to change for a wedding on the bench

Maybe Mickey Harte was on to something when he described the modern footballer as a socialite Gaelic athlete.

We all know there are more important things in life than the GAA - well, we at least allow ourselves to know that for a few months of the year. Sometimes. Try having the conversation with your underage coach though:

- Friends are more important. - Your friends are here, son. Your friends are your team mates. - Family is more important. - Club is family. - Life? - This is living. This is what it's all about. - Listen, I have to go to a wedding, alright? - I know I'd rather have a championship medal than memories of some piss-up.

That'd probably be followed by a tale of how he went to plenty of weddings himself - too many of them - and he regrets it now. He never got his championship medal. And now he's in a position to tell you to do differently. In Derry though, they're rallying behind Mickey Harte's words. They're still athletes and they're still socialites. https://twitter.com/MKBurke1/status/761265394980126720 Magilligan beat Doire Colmcille on Thursday night in a lovely summer's evening at Owenbeg in the Junior Football Championship. During the game, Colmcille man Richie Stewart had to come off injured. It worked out well though because he had a wedding to get back to. So, rather than miss any of the action, he got back into his Sunday best on the bench and a helping hand from a patient friend and good, old technology made sure he looked his best. https://twitter.com/canntoya/status/761296071733698560 It wasn't even the moment of the night though. At another stage, Magilligan forward Conor Canning took a nasty injury to the head and, in a show of true, classy sportsmanship, a member of the opposition was there to mind him. https://twitter.com/MKBurke1/status/761313984586866689 The GAA hasn't lost its soul. Far from it. Rest easy, Mickey. Dublin v Donegal and Mayo v Tyrone previewed in The GAA Hour with Colm Parkinson, Barry Cahill, and Michael Murphy. Subscribe here on iTunes.  https://soundcloud.com/sportsjoe-gaa-hour/michael-murphy-on-enjoying-the-game-duffys-flawed-proposal