Aaron Cunningham admits he has a long road ahead of him after returning to the Clare senior hurling squad.

The 2013 All-Ireland winner hasn’t featured for the Banner County since the 2017 All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Tipperary but accepted an invitation from his fellow Wolfe Tones clubman Brian Lohan to rejoin the squad last month, having returned home from a spell abroad:

“I was surprised more than anything that he was willing to have a shot on me and give me a chance. As soon as the option came I had to grab it with two hands,” he told The Clare Echo.

“I have a mountain to climb if I'm going to be anywhere near intercounty hurling this year. They have a serious pre-season done and are two months ahead of where I'm at without having taken the years off.

“I'm way off the mark at the moment but I can see a big improvement so hopefully I can keep going that way and maybe towards the end of the league I might get a look in.”

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