Meaney makes Clare team in only change for Down game

*Connor Meaney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. 

PETER Keane and his management team have made one change to the Clare side for Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC first round game in Group 3.

Clare welcome Down to Zimmer Biomet Páirc Cíosóg this Sunday for a 2pm start in what is their only home tie in the All-Ireland series.

Lissycasey’s Connor Meaney is handed a starting jersey at the expense of Daniel Walsh who made his first championship start of 2025 in the Munster final two weeks ago. Meaney is named at midfield but is unlikely to start in the middle of the park, it will be his first championship start.

There are no other changes in the announced fifteen from the team which lost by eleven points to Kerry in the Munster final.

Switches in personnel to the substitutes have been made with Brendy Rouine and Jamie Stack included as Cormac Murray and Darren Nagle are omitted.

Clare:
1: Eamon Tubridy (Doonbeg)

2: Manus Doherty (Éire Óg)
3: Cillian Brennan (Clondegad)
4: Ronan Lanigan (Éire Óg)

5: Ikem Ugwueru (Éire Óg)
6: Cillian Rouine (Ennistymon)
7: Alan Sweeney (St Breckan’s)

8: Brian McNamara (Cooraclare)
9: Connor Meaney (Lissycasey)

10: Keelan Sexton (Kilmurry Ibrickane)
11: Emmet McMahon (Kildysart)
12: Aaron Griffin (Lissycasey)

13: Mark McInerney (Éire Óg)
14: Eoin Cleary (St Joseph’s Miltown)
15: Dermot Coughlan (Kilmurry Ibrickane)

Subs:
16: Tristan O’Callaghan (St Breckan’s)
17: Fionn Kelleher (St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield)
18: Daniel Walsh (Kilmurry Ibrickane)
19: Shane Griffin (Lissycasey)
20: Gavin Murray (Éire Óg)
21: Darragh Burns (Doonbeg)
22: Rory McMahon (Kildysart)
23: Evan Cahill (Kilmurry Ibrickane)
24: Diarmuid O’Donnell (Kildysart)
25: Jamie Stack (St Breckan’s)
26: Brendy Rouine (Ennistymon)