Dónal Óg Cusack: Clare should not go looking for scapegoats
Clare must look in the mirror – rather than point the finger at the man in black – if they're to get back to hurling’s promised land any time soon, says RTÉ analyst Dónal Óg Cusack.
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Clare must look in the mirror – rather than point the finger at the man in black – if they're to get back to hurling’s promised land any time soon, says RTÉ analyst Dónal Óg Cusack.
It was the same ending with a very different script at Croke Park as Kilkenny held off a furious comeback from Clare to set up an All-Ireland final rematch with Limerick.
In the wake of a bad defeat, managers will usually say something about reviewing the tapes and assessing what went wrong before learning from it and coming again.
Seventeen minutes into their All-Ireland quarter-final with Dublin, things were not going fully to plan for Clare.
Former Kilkenny hurler Eoin Larkin has no doubt that Mikey Butler will pick up Tony Kelly in Sunday's All-Ireland semi-final, but it still leaves questions over the team’s tactical set-up.
Limerick have named three-time All-Star forward Gearóid Hegarty to start at wing-back against Galway in Saturday's first All-Ireland hurling semi-final.