Louth’s Craig Lennon says it’s nice to be mentioned in the same breath as Lee Keegan - but his focus is on other things right now…

Lennon’s swashbuckling style of wing-back play, which yielded crucial goals against Meath and Monaghan and also won the injury-time free converted by Sam Mulroy to eliminate Cork last weekend, has been instrumental in the Wee County’s march to Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Donegal.

More accustomed to playing as a forward, the St Mochtas clubman has thrived since being redeployed to the Louth half-back line. “One or two had it mentioned to me but I try not to pay too much notice. Lee Keegan is one of the best to ever play the game in my eyes,” he commented to the assembled media. “He's probably Mayo’s best player, I think. In my opinion, he was unbelievable so it is definitely nice. It’s an honour to be mentioned in the same breath as him.

“There's so many good attacking wing backs, even Ryan McHugh there last weekend, Jack McCaffrey, Colm Boyle, Lee Keegan. All them lads are huge and they’re GAA icons. So yeah, it’s nice to be mentioned in the same breath as them, I suppose.

“But I try to avoid that stuff. I feel the second I start thinking about comparisons, Lee Keegan and that kind of stuff, is probably the second I take the eye off the ball. So I try to avoid it, but obviously I can appreciate it. It’s nice to be mentioned.

“But I've only been doing it for one or two years. I have to keep at it. There’s loads left in me. And when I’m retired, maybe I can appreciate being mentioned with them.”

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