Former Cork City captain Conor McCarthy on battling Covid and beating Rangers

St Mirren's Conor McCarthy and Rangers' Cedric Itten battle for the ball. The Cork native has settled well into the top flight of Scottish soccer. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire.
“It’s not a case of simply returning to training straight away. Players must gradually build their way back into full training by doing exercises every day and it was about a week from returning to the club that I was training fully again.”

McCarthy has enjoyed some memorable moments, most notable his goal against Rangers in the club’s 3-2 victory over the Gers in their League Cup encounter this season but the defender sees just playing week-in-week-out as his proudest achievement so far.
