I was lucky to have played in a lot of big games, to have captained Clare in two All-Ireland finals and six Munster finals, but I can honestly say that the most nervous I ever felt before a match was the 1987 Dr Harty Cup final against Midleton CBS.
The build-up was torturous because I was so ransacked with nerves but, looking back on it now, I had been building up to that game for six years. Yeah. Six years.
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