Colm Collins: 'By God you’d have to proud to be associated with a team display like that'

Just as everything came right for Clare as they recovered from an 0-8 to 0-6 deficit early in the second half to hit five out of the last seven points for victory, it went horribly wrong for Kildare

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Recent games between these two have been open and high-scoring affairs, but in a radical departure from script it was a defiant Clare that emerged from monsoon-like conditions to claim a notable scalp in their latest bid to survive and thrive in Division 2 football.