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Published 11:22 23 Feb 2019 GMT
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In Round 4 of the All-Ireland Football Qualifiers, last summer, Armagh and Roscommon played out a cracking game that was gripping from start to finish. The teams were level at 1-18 going into the final moments but the Rossies outscored Armagh 1-4 to 0-1 in the end-game to progress to the quarter finals.
44 minutes into the game, with his side down by five points, Grugan stepped up to take a penalty. His effort was saved by Colm Lavin and Grugan recounts that crucial moment on the show:
"I did an interview after the game and, I think, the fella that was doing it maybe picked me up wrong. I was saying that I actually had been practising [penalty-taking] that week but as the penalty was given, whatever it was, the 'keeper said something and he put me off a wee bit. "He said something like, 'Oh, the same as last time?' - basically, in terms of which side I was going to go to. So, instead of going to the same side I had been going to, even all week in training, I second-guessed myself and went the other way, and he saved it. "That was the point I was making, and why it was more frustrating. I didn't stick to my own guns and go the way I was planning."Grugan had scored a penalty, in the league, earlier in the year and suddenly worried that Lavin had been studying footage. "He tried something anyway," he adds, "and it worked out for him. So, not a good memory." Grugan and Armagh are hoping to turn those draws into wins and are delighted to be back on home ground as they seek to do that. The Orchard County welcome Tipperary to the Athletic Ground on Sunday and are well aware that the time has arrived to start delivering on their undoubted promise and potential.
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