The 29-year-old savoured his injury recovery to help Clare win the Liam MacCarthy Cup.
WHEN CLARE EXITED the 2023 All-Ireland hurling race, the disappointment hit Ryan Taylor on different levels.
“It took me seven weeks to get surgery because the knee was a bit swollen, the surgeon wasn’t too keen on getting it done. In your head you’re thinking April, for when the championship starts, but that probably wasn’t very realistic. Then as time goes on you’re thinking, ‘Will I ever get back?’ Advertisement “For me personally to get back and play some part in it is unbelievable, absolutely unreal.
Taylor’s form has been terrific at midfield for Clare over the last few years but he admitted to some doubts about his capacity to recapture that form after such a serious injury. “I felt like I had a decent impact against Kilkenny and then it comes into your mind about maybe getting a starting position. But it’s still only a two-week turnaround and maybe the boys were thinking, ‘Listen, we need some fresh legs off the bench’.As an 18-year-old he stood on Hill 16 in 2013, watching Clooney-Quin club-mates Peter Duggan and Fergal Lynch get their hands on the Liam MacCarthy Cup.Peter Duggan and Ryan Taylor celebrate with Clare fans.
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