2005 All-Ireland semi-final the 'most intense' game

Tyrone exacted revenge for their Ulster Championship final replay defeat by Armagh in 2005 by beating the Orchard County in the semi-final on their way to winning the All-Ireland

Former Tyrone defender Conor Gormley says the 2005 All-Ireland semi-final victory over Armagh was the "most intense game" he ever played in.

Peter Canavan converted a last-gasp free to give the Red Hands a dramatic 1-13 to 1-12 win against their great rivals at Croke Park.

Tyrone went on to win the Sam Maguire that year and Gormley believes the semi-final was the most ferocious encounter during the peak years of their rivalry when they met six times in the championship between 2002 and 2005.

"To me, that All-Ireland semi-final in 2005 was the most intense game I ever played in," three-time All-Ireland winner Gormley told the GAA Social podcast.

"It is hard to describe. Nearly every step you took was so important and then when you got the ball, every pass mattered that day - everything mattered.

"The way the game ended, when Peter got the free, it was such a relief to get that game over and be on the right side of the result."

Gormley, who started all three of Tyrone's All-Ireland final wins under Mickey Harte, says he would love to play in the 2005 game again now, 20 years on.

"It was a crazy game. The crowd was massive, and the rivalry really came to a head that day, it was a mighty game to be involved in."