Ryan O’Donoghue brings fighting spirit to Mayo football from boxing days

O’Donoghue also played underage soccer for Ireland

Mayo footballer Ryan O'Donoghue pictured at AIB's launch of the 2021 GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Ryan O’Donoghue is a pasta and plain chicken man to this day, a straightforward protein and carbs rich diet he lived off as a boxer growing up.

“I’m still a very plain eater,” says the Mayo forward. “Everyone knows that in my squad. I was eating plain pasta and chicken from the age of 11 or 12.”