Malachy O’Rourke hails stylish Conor McManus performance

Malachy O’Rourke has no doubt but that Conor McManus is among Gaelic football’s most lethal marksman and no-one who saw the Clontibret attacker perform in Cavan yesterday would be of a mind to disagree.

Simple stats have never done the 27-year old justice.

Not for him the easy pickings available in the other three provinces in high summer. No, for McManus it has always been about mining assiduously for the odd gem, and he produced two here despite the usual close attentions.