Nine months after suffering an ACL injury, David Burke scored three points from midfield to help 14-man St Thomas’ to their second All-Ireland Club SHC title.

The 2017 Galway All-Ireland SHC winning captain made it back from the dreaded injury much sooner than expected, having also started the dramatic All-Ireland semi-final penalty shootout win over Ballygunner and come off the bench in St Thomas' county SHC semi-final and final wins over Sarsfields and Turloughmore respectively.

"It’s unbelievable. If you had asked me even two months ago to get back out with the lads on this day and what it means to them,” he told TG4.

“It's been 10 years of hurt since the last time you could see the emotion in the bottle over the last couple of years. What it means to us is absolutely unbelievable."

David was both surprised and delighted to see his brother Eanna’s last-gasp winner from near the Hogan Stand sideline go over.

“I was roaring at him to hit it across the square. I was there, and there was somebody else there. I couldn’t believe he put it over the bar,” he smiled.

“It's one of the best scores I've ever seen in Croke Park to win the game. I know it was heartbreaking there for Mark Bergin to miss the free, but in fairness to him, he has come up with good scores for O’Loughlin’s all year to help them get to the final.”

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