Clifford carousel is fun but at some point Fossa brothers need to disembark

Paudie and David Clifford celerate with the Bishop Moynihan cup after the Kerry County Senior Football Championship final.

THERE’S more than one reason Fossa are fortunate to have the sage Eamonn Fitzmaurice driving the coaching as the East Kerry club’s acorn-to-oak glory story prepares for its most rigorous examination in a fortnight’s time.

The Clifford brothers, Paudie and David, may be showing little or no signs of burnout much less slowing down, but their game and training load has become an imperative as they juggle finals football on three separate tiers.