2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
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Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald felt Clare were the better team over the two games saying " In my opinion over the two days we were the better team, I think Cork are a fantastic hurling team, but I really believe that we were the better team over the two days, We’re 2013 All\-Ireland champions and it feels so good. I’m so proud of them young boys. They did it and fair play to them.”
Fitzgerald speaking the morning after the game said “I suppose it still has not sunk in, but it is one of immense satisfaction. I am still the same. I am still so thrilled for the lads."
Fitzgerald also said that it hurt that people did not trust him saying "My one objective was for Clare to win. I wasn't trying to do anything else, only to try and make sure Clare would win. It does hurt when people would cut your throat and knife you in the back. It isn't nice."
Seven members of Clare's All\-Ireland winning side were picked in *[The Sunday Game](/wiki/The_Sunday_Game "The Sunday Game")* hurling team of the year.
Man of the match [Shane O'Donnell](/wiki/Shane_O%27Donnell "Shane O'Donnell") who got 3\-3 said the county's win means “absolutely everything” revealing that he did not know he was starting until hours before the game.
O'Donnell was named by *[The Sunday Game](/wiki/The_Sunday_Game "The Sunday Game")* as the man of the match for the replay on the night of the match. At the teams celebration banquet at the Clyde Court Hotel in Dublin, he received his award from [GAA President](/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Gaelic_Athletic_Association "List of Presidents of the Gaelic Athletic Association") [Liam O'Neill](/wiki/Liam_O%27Neill "Liam O'Neill") and [Michael Lyster](/wiki/Michael_Lyster "Michael Lyster").
Cork manager Jimmy Barry\-Murphy acknowledged Clare's win saying "There is no disgrace in getting beaten by a team like Clare, you have to acknowledge they deserved their victory".
Former [Waterford](/wiki/Waterford_GAA "Waterford GAA") hurler, [John Mullane](/wiki/John_Mullane "John Mullane") writing in the *[Irish Independent](/wiki/Irish_Independent "Irish Independent")* praised Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald and said "starting with Shane O'Donnell was a masterstroke".
[Jamesie O'Connor](/wiki/Jamesie_O%27Connor "Jamesie O'Connor") also writing in the *Irish Independent* believes that Clare have reached the summit earlier than expected saying "With the way Clare finished the year I think the consensus now is that the best team in the country came out on top, it's hard to believe that the hurling year gave us what it did, especially with the old order contesting the league final back in April. They will be back in 2014 but on a far more level playing pitch. Roll on 2014\."

Former [Offaly](/wiki/Offaly_GAA "Offaly GAA") All Ireland winner and hurling analyst [Daithí Regan](/wiki/Daith%C3%AD_Regan "Daithí Regan") thinks that the Clare system was the key as best team of the summer won out, saying "The big question now is, how many can Clare win with this crop of young lads.
I was talking to Jamesie O’Connor after the game about what we can expect from this side over the next few years. He made the point that it’s a high\-octane, high\-energy game that Clare play.
And it takes its toll and makes demands on players. But they’re at such an age profile at the moment that they’ll want more. When the celebrations die down, they’ll go back at it and you know I think because of their age profile they’ll be hungry and burnout won’t be an issue."
Double All Ireland winning manager [Ger Loughnane](/wiki/Ger_Loughnane "Ger Loughnane") is confident that this is the start of a golden era for hurling in Clare, saying "“This has been a magical year – the best year I can remember for hurling, but you know we have the prospect that next year and the year after will be even better."
British newspaper *[The Guardian](/wiki/The_Guardian "The Guardian")* in its editorial section, hailed the 'ancient Irish' game of hurling as a beacon of sporting courage and commitment, Hopefully the Gaelic Athletic Association will do all sports fans everywhere a massive favour and produce DVD copies of this memorable game, where Clare emerged victorious."

In 2017, after three years of under\-performing, former Clare manager [Ger Loughnane](/wiki/Ger_Loughnane "Ger Loughnane") criticized the team that won the title saying "it was the greatest fluke of all time, they didn't beat either Tipperary or Kilkenny \- the Litmus test in this era, until they show consistency and beat a big team in a big game, you'd have to say that this Clare team are over\-rated.


In what year did former Clare manager Ger Loughnane criticize the team that won the title?