Anthony Daly: Respect is earned, not assumed – and Clare are ready to remind Cork

Cork are favourites, but Clare’s grit and hunger for respect could ignite Munster’s most fiery battle yet

BATTLE READY: Cork’s Patrick Horgan and Clare’s Adam Hogan tussle off the ball in the league match in Ennis in March. Clare have the weapons and artillery to win tomorrow’s battle but it’s a big ask for them to get off enough bullets to take down Cork. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

In August 2004, only a couple of weeks after the Clare side I was then managing were beaten in an All-Ireland quarter-final replay by Kilkenny, I was in Ballygarvan in Cork for a presentation of a replica Liam MacCarthy Cup.

I was one of a whole host of All-Ireland winning captains, with family relatives of every deceased captain going back to 1921 accepting the beautiful piece of Waterford crystal on their behalf.