He is 25 now.

TADHG KENNELLY famously claimed that he gave up on half a million Australian dollars to return to Kerry last year but Martin Clarke won’t be thinking about his spurned salary when he lines out for Down this season.

FOR a brief spell over the off-season, it looked like the balance of power between football and hurling in the capital might tilt in the latter code’s favour.

Mayo 0-21, Tipperary 1-14THE Prodigal Son of Mayo football, returned from the intercounty wilderness, as if he had never been away.