O’Leary ready to shackle McHugh

Though he wears the number 12 jersey for Donegal, Mark McHugh’s role is far removed from that of a traditional wing-forward.

He can more normally be found closer to his own goal than the opposition’s, so much so that in the All-Ireland quarter-final Kerry opted to bring on attacker Darran O’Sullivan instead of McHugh’s marker Killian Young.

How best to deal with McHugh, and Donegal’s defensive system in general, is an important task for Cork manager Conor Counihan and his selectors. One of the men who could be tasked with dealing with McHugh is Noel O’Leary, who admits it is an interesting question. “It’s hard to know, we haven’t gone through the thing thoroughly yet,” he said.