Deegan: Sweeper system best for Banner

July 25, 2004. Anthony Daly takes a red pen to the hurling manual and designates Alan Markham to a sweeping role in an All-Ireland quarter-final.

It’s a move deemed anathema to hurling but is enough to frustrate Kilkenny and force a replay but at the same time an acknowledgement of Clare’s inability to face Brian Cody’s side man-on-man.

As he conditioned Dublin to punch above their weight, it was a tactic Daly turned to more and more.