Down facing battle to keep Clarke

WILL he stay or will he go?

Like Tadhg Kennelly’s situation 12 months earlier, the dust had hardly settled on this season’s All-Ireland final before thoughts turned to Martin Clarke and whether or not he would return to the lure of Australia Rules Football.

The man himself has been notoriously media-shy since his decision to choose his county over Collingwood in the AFL but the question was exercising the minds of many others in the Down camp yesterday.