It wasn't the best first half performance from Clare really.
Two quickfire goals in the first half meant that they went in at halftime five points down but in honesty, they were playing second fiddle from the start.
Donal Moloney and Gerry O'Connor's men were simply not up to the task on the day and one of their clear tactics was not paying off.
With Cork legend Donal Óg Cusack the counties goalkeeping coach and a selector, it is fair to think that he'd be heavily involved in goalkeeping tactics and it was evident what they were doing from puck outs.
For the most part, Clare goalkeeper Andrew Fahy was hitting short puck outs to his half back line with little joy and it caused quite a stir.
https://twitter.com/OfficialBigJim/status/888770562549575682
https://twitter.com/ParthalanC/status/888773275354095616
https://twitter.com/MikeMcCarthy67/status/888776203301203968
https://twitter.com/richie_dunne/status/888773966218878976
https://twitter.com/seancearnaigh/status/888777709815570432
https://twitter.com/Montevidian/status/888779198365564929
After half time, Tipperary came out and put a lot of pressure on the Clare puck out and with that, they were forced to go long.
In fairness to Clare, they played a lot better in the second half but lost by six points in a score line of 0-28 to 3-16. They really made a match of it come to the end but it wasn't to be for the 2013 All-Ireland Champions.
