Conor McCormack: Where there’s a will there’s a way

Sean Maguire might have hogged the goals and the headlines in Cork City ’s title success last year but arguably no player more completely embodied the collective team effort underlying that achievement – and the cup triumph which made it such a momentous year for the club — than Conor McCormack.

Anchoring the midfield, he was the Rebel Kante, an invaluable, inspirational, all-action player who helped stop the opposition in their tracks and get his own side on the front foot.

Little wonder then, that with Johnny Dunleavy still sidelined, manager John Caulfield has turned to McCormack to lead City into the new season.