'We probably made the mistake two years ago thinking that the carrot was Limerick when the carrot was getting to the Croke Park game against Kilkenny.'
Clare's season is following a familiar arc - though Shane O’Donnell is naturally hoping it diverges from here.
“This year, we will be completely zeroed in on the game, that’s all we’ll be focused on. Like, we were zeroed in on over the last two weeks. That will be the exact same focus now.” “They’re big occasions, you’re really nervous and scared coming into them so it takes a lot of energy out of you and we really appreciated the few extra days and I think it really did suit us well.O’Donnell was a ball-winning machine again on Saturday, bringing teammates into play time and again while also helping himself to 1-4. Tony Kelly finally looked back to his old self too, hitting 0-6, all but one of them from play.
O’Donnell’s brilliant solo goal put them six clear in the 43rd minute and a second from sub Ian Galvin 11 minutes later put the outcome beyond all doubt. “We fought on. We came in two points down at half-time, had a good chat with the lads. We knew David McInerney was coming back on after four odd minutes, we knew we were going to be in for a tough time after that.
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