CUTTING EDGE: Technique versus Survival Mode
*Aidan McCarthy in action for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Mark O’Donnell this week explores technical versus survival mode and the various implications associated with each method.
Aidan McCarthy
Cunningham & McCarthy pressing for starting spot as injuries pile up for Laois
Clare’s senior hurlers travel to UPMC Nowlan Park on Saturday wearing the favourites tag when they face off with Laois.
Guilfoyle & Flanagan handed first championship start by Lohan
Brian Lohan has made four changes to the Clare team to face Laois on Saturday.
‘We needed to be further ahead at half-time’ laments Clare U20 boss Doyle
Clare needed to be six or seven points ahead at half time in Monday’s Munster under 20 hurling championship quarter final clash with title holders Tipperary as there was a strong breeze blowing down the field.
Injured McCarthy to miss U20 quarter-final
Clare’s U20 hurlers have been dealt a massive blow ahead of their Munster quarter-final next Monday with star player Aidan McCarthy to miss the tie through injury.
‘As good a championship Kilmurry Ibrickane have won’ – Horse Moloney
He has captained and managed his club to senior championship success before but Aiden ‘Horse’ Moloney maintained their 2020 victory was as merited as successful campaigns in years previously.
Kilmurry Ibrickane edge past Lissycasey to seal return to Clare SFC final
In a high scoring Clare senior football championship semi-final, Kilmurry-Ibrickane’s greater calmness under pressure proved decisive as they edged a most entertaining contest with Lissycasey.
Mills send Inamona packing to seal Clare SHC semi-final spot
The Fireballs certainly lived up to their historical moniker as O’Callaghan’s Mills brushed aside the challenge of Inagh-Kilnamona to cement their place in a second semi-final in three years in Cusack Park on Sunday afternoon.
Sharper Inamona power past Newmarket-on-Fergus
After carving out potential match-winning positions on two previous occasions, Inagh-Kilnamona finally cemented victory at the third attempt in what was a fully merited result in Cusack Park on Friday evening.
Inagh/Kilnamona lay foundations for victory in opening half
Despite registering seventeen wides, Inagh-Kilnamona managed a comfortable win over Clooney-Quin in this Clare senior hurling championship first round game at Cusack Park on Friday evening.