Kieran Shannon: The difficulty of looking after number one

PASSING THE BATON: Donal Óg Cusack is congratulated by then Cork selector and former 'keeper Ger Cunningham after the 2005 Munster semi-final. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

If there’s one thing as challenging as replacing a long-standing number one, it can be having them still around the place when there’s a new number one in town.

Before there was Cluxton there was Cusack, another goalkeeper who changed not just how the position was played but the sport and the GAA itself on top of being the most commanding player in a dressing room for one of the most successful periods in his county’s modern history.