McGovern joined the St Anne's Rathangan club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels as a dual player.
[citation needed] On 4 October 2009, McGovern lined out at right corner-forward when St Anne's Rathangan faced Horeswood in the final of the Wexford Football Championship.
[2] McGovern was switched to centre-forward when St Anne's Rathangan qualified for the Wexford Football Championship final against Castletown on 8 October 2012.
[9] In August 2017, McGovern suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury in a club game which ruled him out of the 2017 National League.
[10] He had only returned to competitive action at the start of the 2017 Leinster Championship when he suffered a second cruciate knee ligament injury in training which ruled him out of the rest of the season.