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DCU captains go head to head in All-Ireland Football Semi Final

Bryan Cullen (left) and Michael Murphy

DCU students Michael Murphy (3rd Year PE and Biology) and Bryan Cullen (PhD in Exercise Physiology) go head to head as captains of Donegal and Dublin in Sunday's All-Ireland Football Semi Final. DCU students/graduates Stephen Cluxton, James McCarthy, Kevin Nolan and Bernard Brogan are also likely to start for Dublin with Paul Casey, Philly McMahon , Declan Lally, Ross McConnell, Michael Savage and Tomas Quinn on the bench. Michael Boyle and Martin McElhinney are among the Donegal substitutes. A total of fifty two students,or graduates, from the DCU GAA Academy, which was launched in2006, have played for their counties in this year's championship.