Honouring a team of legends of the 1980s

They missed out on the big prize but yesterday proves their place in history is safe.

A common thread linked the ‘Stars of the 80s’ honoured in Croke Park yesterday with not an All-Ireland senior hurling medal-winner among them.

All but one of them won an All Star, many of them number provincial, national league and Railway Cup medals among the honours gained — and, of course, Ger Loughnane managed Clare to their twin Liam MacCarthy successes in the 90s.