Clare striker Shane O’Donnell has described Tony Kelly’s brilliant goal in the All-Ireland hurling final against Cork as “unbelievable”.

The Banner captain broke through the Cork defense before producing an excellent finish to put his team in front.

He helped Clare to a one-point victory over the Rebels after extra time in a thrilling decider at Croke Park in July.

“It was amazing, yeah, things only Tony can do,” O’Donnell told The GAA Social podcast.

“I was standing next to him and he had a man on top of him. I honestly couldn’t see anyone around him to pass him by. There was no option; I thought, ‘He’s going to have to do something here, I don’t know what.’ It’s but he’s going to have to do it’ and he did it

“That’s not the first time I’ve been in that situation and thought, ‘I don’t know what he’s going to do here, but he’s going to have to pull something out,’ and he does.”

Kelly added four points to his goal against Cork to take the man of the match award.

O’Donnell also impressed in the final and is on the shortlist for the Hurling Player of the Year award, although he jokes that Kelly is ahead of him in the pecking order.

“People say you’re the best player in the country, but I don’t feel like I’m Clare’s best player. Tony could walk into this room in the next 20 minutes and I could say I’m not the best player in the room.” .

“If you look back at almost all the goals he scored against Cork, I don’t think I could pick another player who could have scored them.

“There was some element in each of those scores that required his unique skills to execute.”