David Fitzgerald central to Banner's redemption mission

Seventeen minutes into their All-Ireland quarter-final with Dublin, things were not going fully to plan for Clare.

Darragh Power had just scored a goal to put the underdogs 1-05 to 1-04 ahead, even after losing star forward Dónal Burke to injury.

Banner fans must have been having flashbacks to last year, when the momentum built up in Munster evaporated in a fortunate escape against Wexford.

The fear didn't last long. Two and a half minutes to be precise.

Shane O'Donnell came back into his own half to win the ball and handpassed to 6’4 David Fitzgerald, who was on his own 65.

Off the big man set, tearing past Conor Burke and James Madden and soloing upfield. Burke pursued him gamely but couldn't close the gap, nor could goalscorer Power. Dublin full-back Eoghan O'Donnell hovered on the 20, torn between closing down the shot and guarding against the handpass, which Fitzgerald duly delivered to Mark Rodgers – he bounced off the challenging O'Donnell and goalkeeper Sean Brennan before firing into the empty goal from almost on the line.

Mark Rodgers restores Clare's lead, bundling home from close range after a wonderful run from David Fitzgerald