‘Once you let them off the hook they’ll punish you’

DEJECTED Clare manager Anthony Daly heaped praise on Cork, declaring they are not All-Ireland champions for nothing and are the best team in the country so far this season.

Daly felt there were similarities between last year’s All-Ireland semi-final and this game.

“Like the 2005 game there were two periods in this game which cost us. I could not have asked for a better start, but they hit hard just before half time, and again after the break, which effectively won them the match.