Armagh spent almost twenty minutes in the dressing room during the half-time break of their All-Ireland group stage game against Galway.
They eventually emerged from the Markievicz Park dressing room but only after one of the referee's officials went into their dressing room to tell them to come out.
A member of the Armagh backroom team was stood outside the dressing room as the RTÉ cameras picked up on the commotion, with the Galway players left waiting on the field for a number of minutes.
Speaking on The Sunday Game, Ciaran Whelan said it was a case of 'gamesmanship' from the Ulster side while Lee Keegan said it was down to their poor first half performance.
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Armagh played with the wind on their backs in the first half but couldn't make the advantage tell in Markievicz Park.
Instead they went into the break losing by two points, on a scoreline of 0-8 to 0-6.
Leath-am anseo i Páirc Marcievicz 🌎🤏🎶
ARMAGH 0-06
GALWAY 0-08@Armagh_GAA @Galway_GAA #GAANOW pic.twitter.com/qFaUvXvz7K— The GAA (@officialgaa) June 16, 2024
Armagh improved after their extended team-talk, with Tiernan Kelly's second half goal dragging them right back into the game.
The sides were level with two minutes to play before a long-range free from Shane Walsh put Galway one in front. Stefan Campbell levelled the game up in the dying moments of extra-time with a fisted point for a final score of 1-12 to 0-15.
With their greater score difference, the draw was of more value to Armagh and they now advance to All-Ireland quarter finals directly, with Galway heading for the preliminaries.
"I think the twenty minute half-time talk helped them," joked Lee Keegan afterwards.
