'The greatest hurling ever played is being played now'

HE NEVER really went away.

He popped up as a media pundit but you knew he wanted to be looking at prospects, consulting selectors, making switches. Now Ger Loughnane is back where he belongs. Striding up and down the sideline.

This time it’s with Galway, not Clare. But as the man himself says, that was the crucial difference.