*Adam Hogan battles with Shane O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE are “still in the championship” and are determined to bounce back, defender Adam Hogan has said.
*Clare goalkeeper Eibhear Quilligan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARECASTLE’s Ger O’Loughlin, a two-time All-Ireland medal winner with Clare who subsequently managed the county team is “satisfied Clare have ticked all the boxes” heading into Sunday’s eagerly awaited Munster senior hurling championship opening tie.
*Shane O’Donnell is expected to make his first start of the year for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior hurling management are anticipated to make changes from the starting fifteen crowned Allianz National Hurling League champions for Sunday’s first round of the Munster SHC.
*GAA President Jarlath Burns with Clare captain Conor Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NATIONAL HURLING league glory has been achieved by Clare for the fifth time after they overcome Kilkenny on Saturday evening.
*Adam Hogan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE are treating Saturday’s Allianz National Hurling League final as their sixth game rather than a final.
*Mark Rodgers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AIDAN MCCARTHY is named to start in the Clare senior hurling team while Shane O’Donnell and David McInerney are included among the substitutes for Saturday’s National Hurling League final.
FOUR CLARE hurlers have been included in the 2024 Electric Ireland GAA Higher Education Rising Stars Hurling Team of the Year.
*Clare’s John Conlon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill As Clare supporters contemplate which team Brian Lohan will choose for the National Hurling League Final in FBS Semple Stadium on Saturday week (7.15pm), here’s a look back on the rat-ings from last Sundays semi-final against Tipperary in Portlaoise.
Diarmuid Ryan with his parents Philip and Aileen Ryan and his girlfriend Sarah Canny. Photograph: Brian Arthur CLARE’S representatives on the Mary Immaculate College side crowned Fitzgibbon Cup champions received their medals from An Tánaiste, Micheál Martin (FF).
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill UNBEATEN from four games in the Allianz National Hurling League, Clare’s senior hurlers can be happy with their lot so far.
