The Dublin number one is back in Dessie Farrell’s squad.
WITH ALL THE What’s App messages and Voicenotes doing the rounds last week pertaining to matters Donegal and Armagh, the return of Stephen Cluxton to Dublin colours slipped submarine-like under the surface.
It says that they are healthy. Yes, there are very few players outside of Stephen Cluxton, and those around him that have had to get used to his ways, that could have pulled it off. But his bearing must have also scared the bejaysus out of others on the panel that might have let a loose word slip. Before that, Christy Ring was 42 when he last sported the blood and bandages for Cork. The lower reaches always throws up the definitive outliers on these fronts though, and few could match Tommy McLoughlin, who played his last match in goal for Leitrim hurlers in the Lory Meagher semi-final in 2012 at the age of 47.
Apart from the obvious upside of what he brings Dublin while they have Evan Comerford out for the year – he brings standards.
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