Conor McManus: 'Every team in the country was probably training. We were one of that got caught'

Conor McManus: When you look at guards coming to Gaelic fields and telling you you’re not allowed to be there, it was surreal. Picture: INPHO/Tommy Dickson

Monaghan’s Conor McManus admits it was “surreal” being caught up in the Covid-19 storm that threatened to ruin their season. The three-time All-Star ultimately believes that breaking the GAA’s Covid-19 regulations by training collectively last spring will go down as just another oddity in a “mad, crazy time”.

Monaghan were stripped of home advantage for their opening National League game and boss Seamus McEnaney was suspended for 12 weeks because of the violation with similar punishments meted out in Down, Dublin, and Cork.