Rory Maguire a late bloomer but a fast learner

By the end of Cork’s 2022 season, only midfielder Colm O’Callaghan had seen more game-time than the 23-year-old debutant from West Cork.

DRIVING ON: Rory Maguire of Cork arrives for the Munster GAA Football Senior Championship Semi-Final. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Prior to 2022, Rory Maguire had never played a minute’s football for Cork - at any level.

The Castlehaven defender wasn’t selected for the Cork minors in either of the two years he was eligible and while Keith Ricken did bring him into the county U20 panel for their all-conquering 2019 season, he wasn’t used in a single one of Cork’s four games en route to All-Ireland glory.