Stephen McDonnell: We took charge of our own destiny

Stephen McDonnell stood inside the entrance to the Páirc Uí Rinn field. Several of his team-mates had returned to the dressing-room to continue celebrations with an old acquaintance of the club, but McDonnell wasn’t quite ready to depart the scene of the Glen’s famous return to the summit of Cork senior hurling championship hurling.

Now in his ninth year with the club’s flagship team, he has known little other than hurt and regret on county final afternoon.

Sunday was different, Glen Rovers taking charge of their own destiny on this occasion.