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6th August 2018
03:42pm BST

Alongside Dublin, Monaghan are the only outfit who didn't lose in the Super 8 series as they put their quarter-final woes behind them and hit the pitch at the perfect time.
Now, they face Tyrone again - the same side they already ousted in the Ulster quarter-final in their own backyard of Healy Park - and they're playing better and with more cohesion than they ever have done.
The county has risen together with Malachy O'Rourke hailing the sizeable contingent that followed them to Waterford for their first qualifier game when other fans would've turned away from their teams after losing to Fermanagh like they did.
But this group have gone further than they ever have and it's a mark of the scale of what they're doing that even the Blessing of the Graves have been put off until next week.
With the men and under-17s both taking part in the historic clashes at Croke Park, Ireland's fourth smallest county will be at a standstill this weekend.
This is major now - as if we ever needed any more proof than the sensible decision to move the date of the Blessing of the Graves.
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