Colm Collins certain Clare are exactly where they belong

The Clare boss isn't shy about bringing talk of All-Ireland semi-finals into the conversation.

4 June 2022; Clare manager Colm Collins before the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 1 match between Clare and Meath at Cusack Park in Ennis, Clare. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Whatever about supporters' misgivings, Colm Collins has made clear his enthusiasm about a Clare senior team playing championship at Croke Park for just the fourth time in the 135 years since the All-Ireland series began.

And the country’s current longest-serving manager with the same county is bullish ahead of this afternoon's HQ clash with defeated Connacht finalists Roscommon that stands between Clare and a first quarter-final since 2016. He’s not shy about bringing talk of All-Ireland semi-finals into the conversation either.