Glen's Conor Glass eager for crack at Kilmacud after Ulster triumph

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. We're in a position to do so and we'll give it a good crack.

"We obviously knew that the Ulster champions play the Leinster champions, so we knew that would be an eventuality.

"Our focus was on Scotstown. But now it's purely on Kilmacud. They're a fantastic team, they're going for two-in-a-row.

"We'll be putting