Fresh from winning the 2022 All-Star player of the year, David Clifford was once again the star of the show as he led East Kerry to victory in the Kerry Senior championship final.
Clifford scored an incredible 1-9 as East Kerry defeated Mid Kerry 1-16 to 0-10 in Austin Stack Park. Going into the interval with a four point lead, they pushed on in the second half to claim victory.
In a game that East Kerry never looked like losing, David Clifford continued his brilliant season, with his goal rounding of a great team move to put the result beyond doubt.
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CÚL! - Cé eile ach... David Clifford! 🤩
Clifford gets his goal in what's been an outstanding performance from him today!#GAABEO@GAA_BEO | @officialgaa | @Kerry_Official
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Today’s victory sealed quite the weekend for David Clifford, who was named footballer of the year in Friday’s PwC GAA All-Star awards, adding to his four all stars as he won his first All-Ireland title in July.
The 23-year-old brought his inter-county form with Kerry to his club East Kerry, and will hope to add Munster and even All-Ireland club glory come December.
Speaking to TG4 after their Victory, Clifford claimed his side produced their best performance in today’s final.
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“Thankfully it came right for us in the second half” 👌
Tar éis taispeáinteas den scoth is é David Clifford Laoch na hImeartha inniu! 👏👏 #GAABEO@GAA_BEO | @officialgaa | @Kerry_Official
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“Thankfully everything came right for us today, we probably hadn’t really been firing throughout the championship but we got it right in the second half.
It’s probably always mentioned how close we are as a team with East Kerry. We’ve played all the way up together at school level, so it’s great to be playing with your friends on the biggest day of the year.
It’s great to have trophies at the end of the year. Last year we lost here to Stacks and we lost to Tyrone with Kerry, so it doesn’t be long changing around. It’s been a brilliant year, I’ve been lucky enough to play with teams who kick the ball, so I’ve been lucky enough to be on the receiving end of some great kickers."
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