The day Banner boys became men

SATURDAY, Sept 28, 2013, is a day Clare people will remember forever. It was the day we saw boys become men before our eyes in Croke Park.

The moment of transformation came midway through the second-half when Cork cancelled out an eight points deficit to draw level. From the 26th to the 53rd minute Clare had managed one point against a fired-up Cork defence while the Rebels had scored nine.

Clare were under severe pressure and, in another era, this was where the game would have slipped away. This was where they would have folded up the tent.