Winning back hurling hearts

Talking to the men directly involved, there are a couple of common themes when it comes to the factors that have led to a renaissance at underage hurling in the counties of Clare and Limerick — and a reasonable amount of divergence.

Martin Reynolds of the Clare Bord na nÓg outlines their approach: “A couple of years ago we decided to try to get all the clubs to buy into our development squad system.

“We had great people there like Sean McMahon, Jamesie O’Connor, Brian Quinn and James McInerney, Sean O’Halloran. All those guys did great work and the clubs bought into it.