James Horan: O’Connor ‘one of Mayo’s most important players’ as they deal with Durcan loss

"His overall football smarts are so strong."

Cavan's Luke Fortune and Diarmuid O'Connor of Mayo. Picture: ©INPHO/Tom Maher

Paddy Durcan’s loss takes the gloss off the positives from Mayo’s comfortable triumph over Cavan, according to former player and manager James Horan.

On Monday, Mayo confirmed captain Paddy Durcan suffered a cruciate ligament injury, ruling him out for the remainder of the season. Durcan came on in the second half of their 0-20 to 1-08 victory in Castlebar but went down before the final whistle.