The revelation by Darach Honan that he may not make any senior
It is very difficult to explain the buzz of anticipation that rippled through a crowd when the forward won a ball 30 meters from goal and turned to bear down on an opposing full back line.
His pace as well as height gave him a huge advantage over any opponents at underage level and his performances during the 2010 Munster and All Ireland campaign for Clare will live long in the memory.
Unfortunately due to injury that is all Clare fans have to recall about
The key now is whether he can recapture any of the flair and frisson he created in his prime two season’s ago for Clare.
It was telling that Honan revealed that he played through the pain barrier in last year’s Munster semi final against Tipperary-showing one how much he wants to play for Clare but two that before this year he remained one of the county’s main attacking options.
The issue now is where would a fit
One hopes he can but having missed so much action over the last season and a half it is difficult to assess if he can achieve the potential that no doubt he possesses.
The only certainty is that the sooner he gets a hurl back in his hand for Clonlara and Clare the better.
