Battling Banner could soon be a match for the best

I’VE been saying in recent weeks that this league was almost a non-contact sport but that all changed in the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday night.

Battling Banner could soon be a match for the best
Mon, 09 Apr, 2012 - 01:00
Tony Considine

Even the boys on the sideline got into it!

What it told me was just how much this game meant to both Clare’s players and their management.

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