Harte hails Tyrone's final charge

Mickey Harte has steered Tyrone to another All-Ireland final

Mickey Harte said he never doubted his Tyrone players were good enough to reach the All-Ireland football final.

The Red Hands beat Wexford 0-23 to 1-14 in the semi-final at Croke Park to go through to face holders Kerry.

"Even when we were beaten by Down, I believed we had good enough players to have a fighting chance of getting to the final," said Harte.

"It is great to be there. It has been a struggle since 2005 but was have clawed our way back."

Harte disagreed with suggestions Tyrone had been slack in letting Wexford back into the semi-final after building up a commanding lead.

"I do not think it was a matter of us taking our foot off the pedal," he argued.

"I think we have to give a lot of credit to Wexford because they did not lie down.

"They are maybe a better footballing side than they have been credit for.

"Everybody expected from day one that Kerry would be in the final. Nobody knew who would be there to meet them.

"This is as tough as it gets, playing the best team in the country over the last decade. That will be a different challenge."