Sheedy wins without kids. But now for Tipp’s toughest challenge

It used be thought you couldn’t win anything with young players, until Alex Ferguson came along and turned that on its head with his team of tyros from the class of ’92. Giggs, Butt, Beckham, and the Neville brothers played beyond their years in that 1995/96 season and in many more after.

The Clare hurlers of 2013 also had their fair share of youth in Podge Collins, Tony Kelly, and Shane O’Donnell, among others, en route toAll-Ireland glory, however unsatisfactory and disappointing the subsequent years would prove to be for such a talented bunch.