Homebird Clarke has Shown He has More Class Than Kennelly [Eire Region]

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AROUND five o'clock yesterday morning, Martin Clarke slapped off his alarm clock, sat up in bed in his hotel room in Jury's Croke Park and flicked on his TV to watch his former AFL club Collingwood take on their Melbourne rivals St Kilda in the Grand Final.

Less than 12 hours before, just across Jones Road, the young Down man participated in the last of Anthony Tohill's trials for next month's Irish Daily Mail international rules series, where he's likely to come up against some of his former Magpie teammates.

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Homebird Clarke has Shown He has More Class Than Kennelly [Eire Region]

After rubbing the sleep from his eyes, he kicked and passed every ball with captain Nick Maxwell and his players. Naturally, there were moments during the four quarters when he wanted to be there in front of 90,000 people at t...

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