Post-match routines follow a similar pattern for Clare sharpshooter and current All-Star Peter Duggan.
A message arrives from his mother, while father Tony, keeps the phone call brief.
'Well done' is about the height of the exchange and there is rarely a debrief on the game itself. The Clooney-Quin chairman never misses a match, ensuring his work abroad doesn’t coincide with Peter’s club or inter-county commitments.
"His November and December months would be fairly hectic alright because he tries to cram a lot into it," says the Clare forward, speaking at the launch of Littlewoods Ireland’s #StyleOfPlay campaign for the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
The support is appreciated, the brevity in post-match discussion even more so.
"You know how much it means to him, he absolutely adores it," said Duggan.
"He's not a nosy person so he'd never try to get involved. He’s fantastic. He'd be the sort of lad who'd be at the field and would be hiding in the corner rather than being out on show when we're playing in Clooney."
Last year’s top scorer in the championship – a tally of 3-76 was one point better than Galway's Joe Canning – almost never got going for the Banner in 2018. Having being first called into the panel as a teenager in 2012, he was growing tired of being a squad player. He wondered was he best served concentrating solely on the club.
However Clooney’s run to the county final two years ago reinvigorated the player and he hasn’t looked back. The decision really sank home at the All-Stars ceremony and the reaction of his father.
@ClooneyQuinGAA #PwCAllStars Peter Duggan Clooney Quin's first ever All Star. So well deserved Congratulations @pduggan98. pic.twitter.com/ccvEdbxrox
— Clooney Quin GAA (@ClooneyQuinGAA) November 2, 2018
"It was lovely. I found it absolutely fantastic to win the All-Star last year because you'd see the smile on his face. It's things like that that would make you want to play hurling for the rest of your life.
"You can see me now with a smile on my face when I'm even thinking of him. He's a gas character!"
Not that last season was all plain sailing. Galway squeezed past the Banner by the bare minimum after 160 minutes of an All-Ireland semi-final that began on Jones' Road and finished in Thurles.
In both games Duggan found himself blocked down from frees and drawing from Einstein’s theory on madness, knew something had to change. In short, don’t expect opponents to profit in 2019.
"I’d always be disgusted anytime I’d miss anything. Last year I missed a few easy frees that I shouldn’t. I was sick of getting blocked down. It was fairly obvious it was a problem and that’s why I changed it," he said.
"They were all close in ones and they were blocked down so I changed my routine and I’ve changed my trajectory of those frees and hopefully that won’t happen this year, that’s all I can do about it."
Having finally nailed down a starting spot on the Clare team, he is comfortable assuming leadership in a forward unit that contains the likes of John Conlon, Podge Collins, Shane O’Donnell and Tony Kelly.
"I try to hit 100 frees a day"
He references self-confidence - "I was a little bolder last year" - but he is no longer unduly worried what the outside perception is and points and keeping the umpires busy is not how he measures success.
"My whole focus is just to get myself prepared as best I can. I still have the same routine, I try to hit 100 frees a day to make sure when I get the situation in a match, I feel comfortable down over it," he explained.
"I’m not worried about what someone thinks of me. At the end of the day, the whole point in going out is winning the game. It doesn’t matter if I score one point, or I score 20 points. It’s a team game for a reason."
Twelve months ago the Banner bounced back from an opening round defeat on Leeside to reel off three successive victories in the Munster SHC, with the home ties against Waterford, and in particular Limerick, played in front of a raucous home crowd.
This year they begin on the road again, this time to Walsh Park in Waterford, with home advantage against Tipperary in round three and the Rebels in their final group outing.
"As players, we love playing in Cusack Park. When you’ve played there from a young age, you’d be so comfortable," said Duggan.
The Limerick game last year was one of the most enjoyable games I’ve ever played. It was my first time playing in a sell-out in Cusack Park. It was class."
Hand surgery in December reinforced his desire to get back onto the field as soon as possible in 2019 and the Banner will look to neighbours Limerick for inspiration following their heroics last year.
There was no bitterness in watching the Treaty men end a 45-year wait for Liam MacCarthy. Having watched Limerick dominate possession with a clever puck-out strategy centred on a hard-working half-forward line, has it given Duggan and Clare food for thought?
"Every team has different aspects of their game that they are trying to improve coming into championship," he said.
"What are we going to do this year that will give us an advantage?"
"With Limerick going so well last year, and it was the same with us in 2013, once a team wins the All-Ireland, they are the benchmark.
"You find out what was good for them, but at the same time, it doesn’t mean that it would work out for us. We have to find something that works for us. In 2013, it was the sweeper and it worked unbelievably well.
"What are we going to do this year that will give us an advantage?
"I’m sure every team out there will be looking for that bit extra. It could be anything, formation, or goals. Everyone is trying to find their niche...we haven’t found one yet."
With the games set to come thick and fast, Duggan has a more vested interest than most regarding player welfare.
The LIT student has only just finished his thesis on the increasing demands on inter-county hurlers and the corresponding effects on retirement age, which has seen the average age of retirement drop from 32 in the 90s and 2000s, to around 28, 29 today.
As far as the 25-year-old, it’s all about enjoying and appreciating the present.
"We are playing hurling for the craic of it, rather than the stress of it"
"You have to remember that your whole reason for playing hurling is to enjoy it. Concentrating on that Waterford game is brilliant," he noted.
"If we lose it, we focus on the next game. We are playing hurling for the craic of it, rather than the stress of it."
