Meath see off Clare to flush Dublin defeat from system

Paul Keane in scoreboard Watching this epic qualifier tie unfold in Portlaoise, Clare sweating buckets and Meath literally spilling blood, we recalled how Colm Collins once described the Super 8s as a ‘cynical exercise in collecting more money’ by the GAA.

Watching this epic qualifier tie unfold in Portlaoise, Clare sweating buckets and Meath literally spilling blood, we recalled how Colm Collins once described the Super 8s as a ‘cynical exercise in collecting more money’ by the GAA.

He confirmed afterwards that he still holds those misgivings - ‘I’ve been against it from the start but this is not the day to be talking about it’ - yet his team played as if their lives depended on reaching the last eight.