'The secret sauce?' - Clontarf hope return of club legend Andy Wood can inspire AIL title defence

Each of the past three final winners since the Covid hiatus of 2020-22 has lost the following season’s decider.

Wed, 24 Sep, 2025 - 08:05

Simon Lewis

It is two decades since Energia AIL Men’s champions successfully defended the title in Division 1A.

Yet while Dylan Donnellan leads Clontarf once more into a new season looking for that special recipe he is confident his club at least has some secret sauce in the form of club legend Andy Wood.

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