Tony Kelly turned in a display for the ages, scoring 1-4 as Clare won the All-Ireland for the fifth time in their history.
Clare have claimed their fifth All-Ireland title ever after an epic extra time battle with Cork, who now enter a 20th year without the Liam MacCarthy Cup.
Despite losing to Limerick twice over the course of the Championship, Clare finish the year on top of the pile with Brian Lohan emulating his former teammate and, more recently, adversary Davy Fitzgerald by winning All-Irelands as a player and manager for the Banner. When Mark Coleman, the other wing-back, linked up with Declan Dalton on a sideline ball for a point, Cork led 1-8 to 0-4 in the 14th but they couldn’t keep the pace up.
Two goals in the third quarter put Clare in control, however, the first from Mark Rodgers, who latched onto a break from a Quilligan puckout and turned inside Coleman to fire past Patrick Collins. Coleman cut the gap to the minimum and another Horgan free from distance levelled the game in injury time, but Kelly popped up with another superb individual score which looked to have won it for Clare.
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