Glen midfielder Conor Glass admitted that the upcoming rematch with Kilmacud Crokes quickly moved to the forefront of his mind after they sealed back-to-back Ulster titles by beating Scotstown in Armagh.Trailing by two points at the interval, the Derry champions delivered an authoritative second-half display, with Glass and Eunan Mulholland to the fore as they powered to a 0-13 to 0-11 win over the Monaghan kingpins in the driving rain.The win tees up an All-Ireland semi-final clash with Kilmacud Crokes on 6 January, a year on from their controversial All-Ireland decider, in which the Dublin side wound up with a 16th player on the pitch for the final play of the game, a detail which dominated headlines for days afterwards.Nine days after the final, the CCCC dramatically ordered a replay, a decision which was swiftly appealed by Crokes.
The controversy finally ended on 3 February when Glen withdrew their initial appeal of the result.However, with both sides regaining their provincial crowns, the long-touted rematch can now take place.Asked whether the possibility of facing Kilmacud again had been on his mind, Glass told RTÉ Sport: "100%.
I'd be lying and playing it down [saying] that I didn't think that."It's a long way back. We started back with Glen in June and July and it's a long process.
We can only take it one step at a time but our sole focus was getting back to an All-Ireland final."That's as blunt as it was.