Life is lived forwards but understood backwards. The same is true of sporting careers.  The game was level and heading for extra time when David Clifford was dragged to the ground. The free was in what you might call legacy-defining territory. It offered a low percentage chance of a point but no more. In a game as important as last summer’s All-Ireland semi-final between Dublin and Kerry, a sliver of a chance might be more desirable than a gimme. But only retrospectively.  Ger Canning’s and Kevin McStay’s commentary as Sean O’Shea’s came out to take the free from more than …

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