Inspired Donal Óg Cusack deal shows Davy Fitzgerald putting county first

Well, no doubting about which room wall in all of hurling you’d most want to be a fly on next year — not least because the caricature of Davy Fitzgerald up to now would have had you left highly susceptible to being squashed against it on the merest whim.

Yet as intriguing as the prospect of eavesdropping on future conversations between Dónal Óg Cusack and Fitzgerald is, probably the most fascinating and vital chats between the pair have already taken place.

Cusack is not coming up to Clare to dip his toes in senior inter-county hurling. He is coming up to win All Irelands.