Eddie Keher: Mikey Butler the man to track 'beautiful' Shane O'Donnell

Mikey Butler has usually marked Tony Kelly when Kilkenny face Clare, but Cats great Eddie Keher envisages a different role this time.

STAYING CLOSE: Kilkenny's Mikey Butler keeps tabs on Donal Burke of Dublin during the Leinster final. Photo by John Sheridan/Sportsfile

Eddie Keher anticipates Mikey Butler “might be the man” for Clare’s in-form Shane O’Donnell in Saturday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final.

Butler has performed excellently against Tony Kelly in the counties’ two previous semi-final meetings but if the Clare captain lines out in midfield as he has done the last couple of games the Kilkenny legend envisages Butler won’t track him but take up O’Donnell.