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Kieran Shannon: Strap in, this Cork and Clare rivalry is a rollercoaster

Pat Ryan will learn a lot from Sunday's trip to Ennis - not least.
Kieran Shannon: Strap in, this Cork and Clare rivalry is a rollercoaster

SEE YOU DOWN THE ROAD: Clare manager Brian Lohan and Cork manager Pat Ryan shake hands after the game. Pic: INPHO/Tom Maher

We should have known it was never going to be a procession but rather the usual rollercoaster.

Back in the noughties when Clare and Waterford was the most exhilarating rivalry in the GAA, there was a peculiar trend that showed just how those games would ebb and flow: whoever was ahead at halftime would lose.

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