Larry Kavanagh: Negating Ian Maguire factor is key for Nemo

Curtailing Ian Maguire will be central to the Nemo game-plan for Sunday’s Cork SFC final replay, according to Larry Kavanagh, but the Nemo manager doesn’t envisage his team crowding the midfield area or adopting a defensive approach to do so.

Maguire was awesome in last weekend’s drawn game, his barreling runs from midfield consistently took him past the Nemo half-back line and created overlaps for the likes of half-back Colin Lyons, who kicked two second-half points. The 23-year-old may have ended with just 0-1 beside his name, but he had a direct hand in at least half of St Finbarr’s 0-14 total.

Kavanagh doesn’t need to be told that stopping the Cork midfielder will go a long way towards delivering Nemo a 20th Cork crown.