Stephen McDonnell: 'Hoggie looked at the likes of Tom Brady, Ronaldo. He was studying the likes of them'

Less than a year apart in age, they met on the road very early in life. McDonnell remembers, as kids, how they’d be playing World Cup soccer at one end of the field, at the other was Horgan and his father practising frees.

GLEN MEN: Patrick Horgan and Stephen McDonnell during the 2019 season. Picture: James Crombie/Inpho

Stephen McDonnell is asked for his outstanding Patrick Horgan memory. The highlight reel is endless. There’s any amount of artistic works to pick from across their Cork and Glen days together.

McDonnell eschews all of the many obvious scores.