Baker is hooked for good on hurling

For a decade Ollie Baker bestrode the GAA stage, a midfield colossus for Clare during a period of unprecedented success for the Banner county.

Two All-Ireland titles, three Munster crowns, three All Stars, along with county, provincial and national success with his club, St. Joseph’s Doora-Barefield, Baker won almost everything on offer.

Now he’s on the other side of the line as manager of the Offaly team which faces Limerick in a critical Allianz Hurling League game that could well decide where the Midlanders will be playing their hurling next year.