Padraig O'Hora

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O'Rourke Lavishes Praise On David Clifford But Feels Sorry For O ... (Balls.ie)

David Clifford v Padraig O'Hara. There was only going to be one winner, but the duel was the biggest talking point of yesterday's one-sided Division One ...

“There is nobody comparable to him maybe the last person who did such damage was the likes of Gooch here or Peter Canavan, but he’s very much in a league of his own. Clifford is strong he’s fit he’s agile and he’s very unselfish. David Clifford is leaving the realm of generational talent to that of once in a lifetime talent. It would be easy to think that Padraig O’Hora got his just desserts, after enduring a torrid time man-marking David Clifford in Mayo’s heavy loss to Kerry. After all he was the one throwing the verbals and shoves, trying to put Clifford off and get a reaction. And he’s a hardy. But realistically did he have a choice?

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GAA fans all saying the same thing after watching David Clifford's ... (Irish Mirror)

The Mayo defender used every trick in the book to try and contain Clifford but ultimately there was only one winner.

The 28-year-old gave him a pat of acknowledgement after he'd been beaten and the consensus best player in the country fired home with his weaker right foot. Lastly, Josh drew a comparison between the 23-year-old and another generational sportsperson: "David Clifford is the LeBron version of a Gaelic player. Thank you for subscribing!We have more newslettersShow meDavid Clifford's battle with Padraig O'Hora was the talking point to emerge from the Division One league final in more ways than one.

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"The Aussies were brutal, they'd call you all sorts of names" - Hanley ... (SportsJOE.ie)

Padraig O'Hora is being called all sorts of names because he, you guessed it, called David Clifford all sorts of names. There's an irony in there somewhere.

He stuck to his plan, he kept going with it and he shook his hand at the end of it. But for that 60-70 minutes, I was just being a dick most of the time to be honest with you." For three or four days, you have to come up with a game-plan and stick to it in your own head because either way, you're goosed going into mark that lad. "When we were in Australia playing international rules, the Aussies were brutal, the stuff that was being said down there, they'd call ya anything, all sorts of names. I believe it goes on huge over there. But just because he chatted a bit of nonsense and gave a bit of lip doesn't mean that he's, as many people are saying, a bad skin.

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