Derry boss Paddy Tally hailed his side’s second-half performance which earned them a point against Galway on Saturday.

The Oak Leafers’ poor first-half showing saw them trailing the Connacht champions by 1-10 to 0-4 at the halfway stage, but they’d fight back after the change of ends and it’d be two late points from Shane McGuigan which rescued his side a draw.

Speaking to BBC Sport NI afterwards, Tally said his players showed “serious heart” to get off the mark in their Division 1 campaign against the in-form Tribesmen

"It's funny because we were so far back, yet at the end of the game you're thinking you've left it behind," he stated.

"We were lazy in possession in the first-half. We weren't testing them or going at them with pace or with any cut in us, we turned the ball over so much. They scored 1-5 off our turnovers."

He added: "In the second-half there was a lot more bite about us and the most pleasing thing was the fightback. That's serious heart, right there.

"You're nine points down and staring at your third defeat but they wouldn't lie down. So, what they proved tonight is this team doesn't want to get beaten."

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