Sean Roughan feeling benefits of working under left-footed master Mark Kennedy

LEFT-PEG LEARNINGS: Sean Roughan poses for a portrait during a Republic of Ireland U21's media conference. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Sean Roughan knew he was learning from a left-foot technician when fellow Irishman Mark Kennedy was appointed as his Lincoln City manager.

It had been something of a crash-course for Roughan since he moved cross-channel, a first-team debut granted a week past his 17th birthday and just before finalising his Leaving Cert – both amid strict Covid-19 lockdowns.