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Published 10:32 29 Jul 2019 BST
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At the heart of that wasn't just the attitude and mentality of someone like Ronan Maher, it was his immovable presence at the spine of the Premier county. It was his extendable gadget of a left hand, his terrifying shoulders, his vision, his composure.
As all around them lost their heads in the stands and on the field, Maher was a picture of reliable calmness, just winning ball and finding team mates. He broke the game down so simply and ignored the occasion. If there was a sliotar to be won, whoever wanted to win it most would win it, regardless of who had 15 and who had 14, regardless of what the scoreboard read. Win the sliotar, win the next one.
When you added up all of Ronan Maher's involvements, all of those balls won, high challenges dominated, tackles made and passes picked, they contributed to a comeback that could yet go down in the annals of Tipperary history.
As ball rained down on the Tipperary backline and loose purple jerseys were making their way through the cracks, Maher was a one-man fire extinguisher with a never-ending supply of dry chemicals that would ultimately destroy any notions of every man, woman and child of Wexford.
In that second half it looked like he could do it all day. Send another one in if you dare. Just for the craic. One more.
But he came to fight and he wasn't expecting anything less. From the first seconds when he scaled forward and split the posts, he was prepared to go the distance to see his county in an All-Ireland final and he knew full well that he was coming up against a group of men thinking the same.
"Davy's sides, they always bring that heart and determination but we fought to the end. "It was a fierce tough battle out there."https://twitter.com/officialgaa/status/1155538607555469312 When all was said and done, it was Ronan Maher standing tall at the final whistle. He grew big on the soil of Croke Park and pumped the chests of his county natives out with every interception he read and hit he dished out. And he did it all whilst licking his lips. When he talked afterwards, it didn't even seem like it was the win that satisfied him most, it was the fight that fulfilled him. The battle. Now, he'll get another one. One more.
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