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“If there’s a day when Davy would roll the dice, it might be Sunday”

“If there’s a day when Davy would roll the dice, it might be Sunday”

Back in 2013, Davy Fitzgerald surprised the country and he left that trick for the biggest of days. Clare had made it to the All-Ireland final playing with an extra defender the whole way through the championship and, come the first Sunday in September, bang. Fitzgerald went orthodox. It paid rich dividends with Shane O’Donnell […]

7 years ago

“It was controlling Dan Shanahan as much as anything else”

“It was controlling Dan Shanahan as much as anything else”

“The whole thing is absolutely choreographed now.” From the Maor Foirne to the physio, the bus driver and everyone in between, inter-county set-ups have expanded hugely and everyone has an important role to play. Derek McGrath knows all about it from his five years with the Waterford hurlers and Lar Corbett experienced the growing number of […]

7 years ago