Ciaran Russell: 'It was win or we were out of the Munster championship and All-Ireland'

Driven on by Russell, the Banner rallied in the second half to defeat Cork in the Munster Senior Football quarter final.

RAISING THE BANNER: Munster GAA Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final, Cusack Park, Ennis, Clare 9/4/2023

The second half of Sunday's Munster quarter-final was six minutes old. Ciaran Russell and his Clare teammates realised they simply had “to go for it”.

Trailing by 0-9 to 0-5 after being hit for a quickfire Cork three-in-a-row and playing into the teeth of a somewhat swirling wind, Clare stared down the barrel and saw looking back at them a long summer of travelling the Tailteann backroads. It didn’t appeal to them one bit.