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Of all the metrics we can use to calibrate Colm Collins’ success with Clare, the county’s Championship record before and after he took over is most revealing.

Clare hadn’t won two Championship games in a row in the qualifier era before the Kilmihil man took the reins in late 2013 — winning just seven of their 31 Championship matches in total since 2001 — and had claimed just one summer-time win in the previous five seasons.