Resilient Quirke and Tipp keep coming back for more July 24, 2026Tipperary's Megan Ryan and Clodagh Quirke ©INPHO/Oisin Keniry Tipperary's Megan Ryan and Clodagh Quirke ©INPHO/Oisin Keniryby Daragh Ó ConchúirClodagh Quirke could be forgiven if she were sick of talking about ACLs and semi-finals, but as befitting a teacher, she is a patient soul. After seeing some game time subsequently against Galway, she came on for Maher – herself sadly struck down by a torn ACL – in the first half of the quarter-final victory over Clare at Croke Park. “It is so prevalent at the minute,” Quirke says of the cruciate curse in female sport – team sports especially. So I might just avoid playing Waterford from now on. “On the journey home from the consultation when you’re told it’s gone, you’re definitely like, ‘Why me?’