In the race for places in the full-back line I would put both Ryan and Hennessy a good distance behind Meehan (FB) Powter, O'Mahony, Ring and Kevin O'Donovan. Ryan impressed today with his tenacity, though, just not sure he has the football.Billy will make it, if given half a chance, I don’t know are there two better corner backs in the county than him and Sam Ryan, who was absolutely superb under very difficult personal difficulties today.
Brian Hayes is only back from a hamstring, when he went down after 5 minutes I feared the worst but he was everywhere today, when maybe he should have been left on the edge of the square to cause wreck
Maguire is a machine, an animal, or maybe both, he’s not going to let a sore back get in his way of leading his club to glory, a real real leader
Hennessy is surely a half-back and not a corner-back anyway? But I think if he's coached well for a while (especially on tactics) he may become a solid squad member. He has been away from football a long time and I thought there were signs of that today.
Still curious about Hayes's work-rate in the last year, and will continue to worry until he gets a good year of work-rate behind him.
Couldn't agree more with you about Maguire's attitude. Such an impressive player and person. And he's a better footballer than given credit for. Let's not forget the total demolition job he did on David Moran in PUC in 2021. But he's been sub-par since the back issues started and that's the bones of a year now, I'd guess. I think he needs a long rest if he's to return to form. Just not sure when he'll get it.