‘Focus the key’ for battle-hardened Cloyne raiders

FOR Cloyne senior hurling manager Sean Motherway, keeping the focus this week is the big issue. The men in red and black are in their third consecutive final, so novelty isn’t an issue. Concentration is.

“The big challenge is keeping the lads focused from a hurling point of view, keeping the whole thing low key” says Motherway.

“A lot of what goes on will be out of their control, like talk around the town, but we’ll try to keep it as low key as possible. Getting back to a third final in a row is a marvellous achievement, but losing a third final in a row is unthinkable, really.”