FOR decades they soldiered side by side in the black-and-white of Clarecastle, for years in the saffron and blue of Clare; Ger O’Loughlin and Anthony Daly, Sparrow and Daler.

IT was only yesterday, wasn’t it? 1995, closing minutes of the Munster championship first round, Clare battling like hell to close the narrow gap on Cork.

HE is one of the young guns in this Clare team, one of the cubs introduced to buttress the old hands from ‘95 and ‘97, but midfielder John Reddan is no stranger to All-Ireland final day in Croke Park.