Like a lot of midfielders, he looked on fielding the kick-out as a test of his ability, and maybe manhood. Cluxton plays his game his way, goes home, end of story, beginning of mystery. In the League, Meath were promoted to the top division, and Laois are now in Division 2 after two years of solid progress under John Sugrue, who quietly goes about his work. The price of any county team doing well, though, is that there is no club football for county players. The other price of this cramming of fixtures is that the vast majority of county players have not played even one League game out of 13 with their clubs.

Source: Irish Independent June 09, 2019 10:52 UTC