'I did not appreciate the plight of the supporters for Clare until I actually stood in the crowd and watched a couple of our games and, my God, it was just unbelievably stressful.'
Shane O’Donnell is still only 29, but he’s already putting a plan in place for how he’ll handle the withdrawal symptoms once he finishes with Clare .
“And I really think that when I retire I'll have to tie it in with working abroad that year because I found it very difficult towards the end of the year that I took out because of the concussion, going watching games. “It did broaden the horizons but at the same time I was back in April that year, so I only missed the League. So watching the League was definitely like, you know, I felt like I wanted to be back there, but Championship is just a different kind of experience.
O’Donnell claimed a first All Star last year and has now been named at the Gaelic Writers’ Association Hurling Personality of the Year, in association with EirGrid. “The other side of it is that in the last few years I've put on quite a lot of weight and I found that, that's made a huge difference actually on the pitch.
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