*Photograph: Michael O’Connor A brace of sucker-punch goals at the two-thirds mark floored Clare as Tipperary marched onto the Munster Minor Hurling Championship Semi-Finals on Tuesday evening.
All’s well that ends well as Clare completed their latest Division 2 campaign with a confidence-boosting victory over hosts Down in Newry.
*Shane O’Donnell has received the all-clear to return to action. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill With just four weeks until Clare’s competitive bow in this year’s Munster Senior Hurling Championship, there’s mixed news on what has been an unprecedented revolving door of injuries.
*Photograph: Burren Eye Photography St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield were the big winners from the opening weekend of GAA action for 2022 when completing an Under 17 double in the Minor Hurling and Football Leagues.
*Clare manager, Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill COLLECTING their first win of the 2022 Allianz National Hurling League was a “massive” result for Clare’s senior hurlers, manager Brian Lohan admitted.
*Tony Kelly chipped in with 2-12 of Clare’s 4-20. Photograph: Martin Connolly Well worth the wait as Clare caught fire in the final quarter to soar to their first victory of this year’s National Hurling League in Bord Na Mona O’Connor Park, Tullamore this afternoon.
Mairead Scanlan keeps the ball from Aoife McGrath. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Mairead Scanlan has been leading the line for Scariff-Ogonnelloe since the amalgamation’s permanent inception a decade ago.
An exciting new chapter for Clare Camogie begins in earnest this weekend when both the senior and junior sides take to the field in the opening round of the National Camogie Leagues.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill There have been references to Croke Park from the outset of David Sullivan’s first year in charge but that lofty objective was certainly tested when the reality of life bit in the early part of 2021.
St Joseph’s Tulla 0-17 Ardscoil Rís 0-14 St Joseph’s Tulla’s sheer momentum proved unstoppable as they soared to a first ever Harty Cup title at the expense of Ardscoil Rís in the TUS Gaelic Grounds this afternoon.
