Pandemic 'put football in focus' for Michael Darragh MacAuley

'Any time we were in a dressing-room even for a short amount of time we were in masks, so it took everything away and just left the football'

Michael Darragh MacAuley lifts the Sam Maguire after last month's All-Ireland final victory over Mayo. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Dublin midfielder Michael Darragh MacAuley admits the pandemic “put football in focus and took out the little things” last season.

“You could look at it as Covid taking everything away from us, or you could take a glass-half-full look at it, that we were lucky enough to have something to do in the last lockdown and we could operate fully,” said the Ballyboden St Endas clubman.