Donal Gallagher had the honour of following in clubmate Michael Murphy's footsteps in captaining Donegal.
On Saturday, Gallagher, who plays for Glenswilly, led out Donegal for their Ulster U-17 quarter-final against Fermanagh, which they won on a resounding 4-15 to 0-5 scoreline, with another clubmate, Daithi Gildea, putting in an excellent showing to kick 2-6.
"It's always nice to get a championship win in Ballybofey," Gallagher said. "As soon as that first goal went in we got going. Daithi had a good game. There's night and day between championship and league and we have a lot to improve on."
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