Novelty of a rare trip to Croke Park not lost on Truagh-Clonlara's Róisín Begley

They may be the first team from Clare to reach the All-Ireland camogie senior club final - and they may be facing the bluebloods of Galway champs, Sarsfields - but Róisín Begley and her Truagh-Clonlara team-mates are determined to embrace their trip to Croke Park on Sunday week.

Sarsfields have been in eight of the last nine All-Ireland club finals, meaning the vast expanses of Headquarters are almost a home away from home for the Tribeswomen. The famous Jones' Road venue is relatively new territory for pretty much the entire squad of the Clare champs, however.

Begley insists she and her Truagh-Clonlara squad will relish the occasion - and the surroundings - and make the most of their seat at the table for the showpiece game of the camogie club season.

"It's excitement we've never experienced before," Begley told RTÉ Sport in the week leading up to the game. "It's an absolute dream come true to go to Croke Park with a club team. It's just amazing and we're so looking forward to it.

"Croke Park is new for the majority of our team, so just try and enjoy it as best we can and enjoy the lead up to it and put a performance in the day.

"A lot of us are thinking about it, it's a dream come true for me and for all of our players. I don't know that many people thought that we'd get here.

"So there's no point saying that it's only another patch of grass when it's not something we've ever come close to playing. We're lucky to have stands at matches, nevermind Croke Park. So it is something we're going to talk about now over the next while and just prepare ourselves whatever way we can.

"You have to take it into consideration.

"All the logistical stuff is for management, for selectors, not for us to worry about. But other than that, I'd