Dublin’s dual in the crown: The 31-year-old ‘rookie’ who brought Cruyff to Croke Park after finally hitting his stride

Dublin’s dual in the crown: The 31-year-old ‘rookie’ who brought Cruyff to Croke Park after finally hitting his stride

Conor McHugh was the 2014 star on football’s finest-ever U-21 team, at the ‘right place at the wrong time’ under Jim Gavin. Now he is finally flourishing on the senior stage – as a hurler

Dublin's Conor McHugh flicks the sliotar through his legs to leave Limerick's Tom Morrissey for dead.

Frank Roche Today at 15:00

Meet Conor McHugh, a man of many talents hidden from public view far too long. He is the 31-year-old county ‘rookie’ who switched positions to shadow Cian Lynch in an All-Ireland SHC quarter-final.

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