Jack O'Connor: David Clifford was doing things I’d never seen him do before

Despite an impressive first-half performance stats-wise, it was Clifford's second-half display that his manager enjoyed more.

INCREDIBLE: Kerry’s David Clifford kicks a point. Pic Credit ©INPHO/James Crombie

In the opening half of Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final, David Clifford kicked two points from play, was fouled for a pair of frees he himself converted, and then split the posts for a fifth time with an injury-time mark. And yet it was his second 35 minutes that Jack O’Connor wanted to talk about.

Now, Jack wasn’t inferring that David’s first half wasn’t up to scratch. How could he argue such given the numbers outlined above.