Inside Track with John McIntyre

HOW can you do justice to a match which had everything. All we know is what Clare and Cork hurlers produced at Croke Park on Sunday was phenomenal as a sporting spectacle. There was drama; brilliant individual goals; wild twists and turns; and enough excitement to last you a lifetime. The All-Ireland final was that good.

This week the Banner is celebrating only a fifth senior championship triumph– an unlikely scenario early in the decider – after nearly 100 minutes of pulsating action. Instead, we feared they were heading for a hiding, already 1-7 to 0-3 adrift, and struggling to contend with Cork’s sheer........

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