Seán Rynne relishing Clare adventure
eir Ambassador Seán Rynne of Clare pictured in Croke Park marking eir’s continued support of the GAA All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and the fourth year of the Poc Tapa Challenge, a competition open to every GAA club in the country, where the fastest team wins €5,000 for their club and the chance to play in Croke Park on semi-final day. To enter, visit @eir.Ireland on Instagram. eir is recognised by Open signal as having Ireland’s No.1 5G network coverage. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
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By Cian O'Connell
Seán Rynne remained patient. So, to be delivering with such substance and style for Clare in 2026 matters.
Scores have flowed, dynamic displays produced for Brian Lohan's team, who face Limerick in an All-Ireland SHC Semi-Final at Croke Park on Sunday.
What has changed for Rynne in recent months? "Just management putting their trust in you, it helps you believe you're good enough," he responds.
"It takes that weight off your shoulders, you can go out to try perform as best as you can.
"If you're training and playing in-house games, that's going to always help you get up to the speed you need to be at. So, you can never get enough of that, really. It has definitely stood to me over the last few years.
"Knowing they have trust in you to go out to put on a Clare jersey, to represent the county, it just gives you that extra bit of belief in yourself that you might need to push on, to make that step up."
Rynne is impressing for Clare, who've a nice cocktail of emerging and established players. "There's a good mixture," Rynne replies.
"Even though you've the 2013 lads and the newer lads, we're a really tight bunch of lads. We mix well together. It's good to have that bit of experience mixing with the bit of youth. There is a nice mix at the minute."
For Rynne, it was a joy to play and train alongside so many of Clare's 2013 All-Ireland winners when entering the set-up. "I remember my first session, you'd be in awe looking at some of them, the Tonys (Tony Kelly), Davy Macs (David McInerney), the Shane O'Donnells - they'd have been your heroes growing up from 2013," he says.
"It takes a while to actually believe you're there first of all and then to believe you're good enough to be training with them. They're all so accommodating and nice, it's easy to mix in with them.
"They're all very good with all of us. Any time you want to talk to them, they're open, they're there for a chat, they're trying to help you with the experience they have, and they do have it in abundance."
