*Joe Hayes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE MINOR football manager Joe Hayes felt his side were severely punished for their struggles around the middle-third against Cork.
*Clare’s Gavin Browne holds onto the ball. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’S minor footballers were blown away by an extremely impressive Cork in their Munster Championship Phase 2 opener.
*Doireann Murphy. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography CLARE NETMINDER Doireann Murphy feels bringing a high level of intensity will be hugely important if they want to come out on the right side of the Division 1B camogie league final against Dublin.
*Peter Duggan brushes past John Bellew. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. PETER Duggan and the Clare hurlers are eager to carry the momentum from an unbeaten league campaign straight into the championship, which begins a fortnight from Sunday’s league final.
*Danielle Griffin drives forward for Clare. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. CLARE CAMOGIE manager Eugene Foudy has emphasised that maintaining high standards was the driving force behind his side’s push to finish the Division 1B group stage unbeaten.
*Ellie Hanrahan. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ELLIE HANRAHAN feels St Joseph’s Spanish Point’s run to the All-Ireland Senior A ladies football final has been driven by continuity within the school’s panel.
*Caoimhe Cahill claims the sliotar. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. CLARE REMAIN UNBEATEN after defeating Offaly in the closing round of the Division 1B Camogie National League.
*Darren Moroney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill DARREN MORONEY has been given permission to play for Rice College in the Br Edmund Ignatius Rice Cup Final (Senior D Football) Final this Saturday afternoon.
*Ronan Kilroy charges out of defence. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. HAVING BEEN a late addition to the Clare senior hurling panel, Ronan Kilroy is cherishing every opportunity to wear the saffron and blue jersey, colours which are already familiar to him.
*The Rice College team. RICE COLLEGE have qualified for the All-Ireland PPS Br Edmund Ignatius Rice Cup Final (Senior D Football) after a hard-fought win over St Brendan’s Belmullet at the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence on Saturday afternoon.