Shane O’Donnell: Clare’s new management a ’perfect fit’

Clare’s Shane O’Donnell believes newly appointed managers Donal Moloney and Gerry O’Connor will be a perfect fit for Clare hurling, insisting “they work brilliantly together and as good as you can get.”

O’Donnell, who worked under the pair as a minor in 2011 and during the All- Ireland U21 winning campaigns in 2013 and 2014, stressed the importance of the continuity Moloney and O’Connor bring to the set-up. From the 19 players who saw game-time during July’s All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Galway at Thurles, 10 have experience of serving under the joint-managers.

“There is nothing more you can ask for than two good coaches and the two of them work brilliantly together. Anytime we have been with them, they have been as professional as you could ask. They’re as good as you can get really,” said O’Donnell.