Anthony Daly: With the scent of championship in the air, teams can’t hold back in this league

Cork in particular will be gunning on Sunday to right some of the wrongs from their championship performance against Waterford last October

Cork’s Seán O’Leary-Hayes battles Waterford’s Jack Prendergast during the 2020 Munster Championship. Cork will be gunning tomorrow to right some of the wrongs from their championship performance against Waterford last October.  Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach

At some time in the late 1980s, Clare played Galway in a challenge game in Whitegate. It was a nice spin from Ennis but it was an ideal venue for a challenge game between the counties as the east Clare club nestles close to the Galway border, with Woodford, home to the Tommy Larkins club, and then Galway manager Cyril Farrell, just a handful of miles over the road.

Ger ‘Sparrow’ O’Loughlin was just on the scene at the time and I got a spin over to watch him play. At one stage, ‘Sparrow’ and Pete Finnerty were chasing this ball out near the sideline and their momentum took them head-first into the stand, with the two boys ending up in the second row of seating.