'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.

Clontarf players celebrate with supporters. Pic: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

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.