Nemo skipper McCarthy keeps focus on final test

MAURICE McCarthy is sitting in the bar of the Nemo Rangers’ complex, the rest of the squad going through their warm-up outside, as he remembers the bitter-sweetness of last year’s county final.

“Stung like hell!,” McCarthy winces as he recalls being hauled off at half-time as Nemo struggled to contain a lively Ilen Rovers challenge.

“I was hurt, but delighted that someone else could come on and take over midfield, and the fact we came away with the county in the end was all that mattered.”