Conlon: Clare just refused to panic

John Conlon said Clare’s refusal to panic was the reason they secured a draw in Sunday’s All-Ireland final.

Pat Horgan’s point in the first minute of second-half additional time was the first time Clare went behind in the game before Domhnall O’Donovan’s last gasp equaliser.

“The reality is we’d done all the hurling in the first-half but were only two points up so that was a bit of a downer,” he admitted.

“After half-time, we went five or six points up again and then they came back as well. I suppose it’s the great character of this team that they’re coming back the whole time. We don’t panic.

“That’s the good thing about young lads. They don’t panic, they don’t worry. For all the lads, they went out and played hurling.”