McDonald victim of own success, says Fitzmaurice

KERRY’S Eamon Fitzmaurice, who had the unenviable task of marking Kieran McDonald in Sunday’s Bank of Ireland football final, believes the Mayo star was a victim of his own success.

So much was expected of him, while Fitzmaurice was well aware that the public didn’t rate his chances of limiting him very highly.

But a combination of factors resulted in the Finuge man having the more fulfilling game, a fact all the more pleasing after he had suffered a minor injury in training last week.