Shane O’Donnell: Clare overdue return trip to Croke Park

”You’re always going to get the chances, there’s always going to be another ball so as long as the whistle hasn’t been blown you always think that you’re still in it.”

Shane O’Donnell was in Croke Park yesterday to help the GAA launch the Replay project, which captures 3D motion-picture data of the skills of football and hurling, writes Denis Hurley.

It was a replay of a different kind which launched O’Donnell to national prominence in 2013, as he scored three goals in Clare’s All-Ireland final replay defeat of Cork. That was the last time he and his county played at headquarters, and righting that is the next mission in the wake of another replay win, against Waterford in the league decider in Thurles last Sunday.