Episode 860: The Player’s Chair With Anthony Daly

“What the hell am I doing here?”

Anthony Daly asks himself that question all the time. And Richie asks him some more in episode 4 of The Player’s Chair.

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Anthony Daly is one of Clare’s greatest ever players – a captain without parallel, a leader of men, and then a coach first with his native Clare and then with Dublin. He won All-Ireland medals in 1995 and 1997, and then took Dublin to a Leinster final victory in 2013 that would have seemed outlandish when he first took the job.

It’s a story of huge success against the odds. But self-doubt was never faraway, and this is a peek behind the veneer of one of the most outwardly confident, brash and talented hurlers of the last 20 years.

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This is an intriguing, intimate chat between two sportsmen who often feel like imposters, about the pitfalls of a life lived in the public eye, and the magic of dedicating yourself to something you love.

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