Fear of failure driving Cushendall

Neil McManus knows it’s high time Cushendall’s litany of hard luck stories ended on All-Ireland semi-final day.

He was confident before the 2007 semi-final against Loughrea as he was in 2009 when De La Salle’s blushes were saved by a monster Brian Phelan sideline cut that forced extra-time where the Munster champions prevailed.

No loss hit McManus as hard as that one.