Loughnane: Clare need another All-Ireland to be a great team

Former Clare manager Ger Loughnane has told the All-Ireland winners they won’t be considered a great team until they lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup again.

Addressing the squad at Friday’s medal presentation in Ennis, the two-time All-Ireland winning manager warned them of the “disease of success” and asked whether they would be “destroyed by the euphoria in Clare”.

He said: “No matter how much ye did this year — and you did brilliantly and we’re all terrifically proud — you will not be regarded as great unless you win again because now you are just on the first rung of the ladder of greatness.