Michael Darragh Macauley ‘in better stead’ after season of frustration

He’s one of the most engaging interviewees in GAA but Michael Darragh Macauley is invoking his inner Francis Urquhart.

Queries about whether he tore his cruciate last year are met with answers along the lines of the House of Cards protagonist’s infamous “You might very well think that, I couldn’t possibly comment.”

Maybe it’s because his manager Jim Gavin at the time denied Macauley ruptured his ACL or that it’s something the player simply wants to move on from. Either way, it’s unusual for him to be so circumspect. “Don’t know, don’t know,” he replies about the injury.