Clonlara and Ballyea will have to do it all again as a last gasp point from Cathal Tots O’Connell means there will be a replay in both the Clare SHC and SFC finals in the same year for the first time since 1982.
Tony Kelly has a glistening honour of medals, the All-Ireland Senior hurling one being the stand-out but all that evades him of the finished article, a Clare SHC medal.
On Sunday, Ballyea make their first appearance in a Clare SHC Final since 2003 and one characteristic that Ballyea have shown more than other years is 'honesty'.
Clare Senior Hurling Joint Captains Cian Dillon and Tony Kelly have been named in the forty five man shortlist for the 2016 All-Stars along with Colm Galvin.
In a must win encounter for both sides Ballyea showed the greater hunger to come good against an underwhelming Newmarket side that finished with fourteen men.
Clare secured their place in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship quarter-finals for the first time since 2013 as they held on for victory over Limerick.
