It may not be Clare-Tipp of 20 years ago but...

In one of my first years as a fair greenhorn Clare manager, I got to spent a morning at an event with Mickey Harte, says Anthony Daly.

Tyrone had won three All-Irelands by that stage but they always took the league seriously. Despite all they had won, I asked Mickey if he’d like to win another league title. “Oh aye, Anthony, I surely would,” said Mickey. “But I wouldn’t like to be flat out winning it.”

A league title was always a huge ambition in Clare, but I still always held that core attitude of Mickey’s, because I could completely relate to what he was referring to. When we lost the league final to Kilkenny in 1995, we were gutted.