David Clifford: Kerry happy to spread the scoring load around

Kerry could afford Clifford to be held scoreless from play on Saturday against Tipperary and still win by 20 points. Space inevitably opened up for others, like Tony Brosnan

SHARING THE LOAD: Four-time Kerry All-Star David Clifford at SuperValu’s launch of the GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Father, footballer, icon, schoolteacher. David Clifford ticks many different boxes these days and was something different again for an hour or so on Monday afternoon in a corporate box at Croke Park; interviewee.

Reluctant would be too strong a word to put on it but as good as the Fossa phenom is at opening up and exploiting defences, he is equally talented at giving little away in front of a recording device.