 In 2003 , Canavan shook off his tag as ' the greatest player never to win an All @-@ Ireland ' , captaining Tyrone to their first All @-@ Ireland Senior Football Championship . As he approached the podium on Croke Park 's Hogan Stand after the final , his nervousness was visible , and after being handed the trophy , he made an emotional speech about how he had to enviously watch other Ulster teams lift the Sam Maguire Cup , but " to eventually win it is something else . " 
