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WHEN Martin Murphy fired in an early goal for Newmarket, Paul Col- lins had a bad feeling it was going to a long day. Just over an hour later he stood on the turf of Cusack Park, the captain of the county champions. The day could go on for as long as it liked. Sree l elem sere imconoilee
“Its great. Who’d have thought it? Jesus its unreal” said Collins, “Who would have thought it this time last year. Its beyond our wildest eee beeline
It was a tough day but in the end
Clonlara’s spirit and sense of to- getherness shone through a chilly October afternoon. The bond estab- lished between the Conlara players was tested over 60 minutes of hard hurling. But the bond never broke. Collins and Clonlara never stopped believing.
“T was kind of worried alright”, said Collins of Newmarket’s fast start, “I thought they were going to be pump- ing balls into us like that all night.
“But they didn’t. I knew we’d settle into it again. We kind of got caught, they were switching over and back and we settled into it again after erie
“The wind kind of picked up. The ball just kept coming our way. They got two or three quick points there. I thought they were going to keep steamrolling but lucky enough, thank God, we got areply and we held them back a bit”.
Collins praised the never say die at- titude of his teammates.
“T think it’s my 12th year playing with the senior team. This team they are never beaten.
“They just keep coming and coming and coming. The confidence within the team is unreal and they are just able to carry it through. They’re bril- bevel Mae