Galway tyro McCormack familiar with incoming Rovers challenge

A double-winner with Cork City in 2017, McCormack is back in the Premier Division following a three-year absence, reunited with his ex-Rebel Army boss John Caulfield.

BEEN THERE, DONE THAT: Galway United's Conor McCormack. Pic: Ben Brady, Inpho

Conor McCormack knows all about Stephen Bradley and Shamrock Rovers – signed by the club to replace the midfielder all of 13 years ago – but the Galway United captain realises there’s no such danger for his job as Hoops manager.

Rovers visit a packed Eamonn Deacy Park as the chasers but slow starts to seasons has been a hallmark to their dominance of the title for the past four years.