Exit door opens for Clare backroom team
*Niall Romer. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AHEAD of the All-Ireland SHC semi-final, one of the more prominent members of Clare’s backroom team has left the set-up.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Fitzy feels Clare must continue to show improvement to challenge Kilkenny
*David Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s hurlers have been spurred on by the feeling of not giving the best account of themselves when losing out in the Munster final to Limerick.
‘You have to prove in training you’re good enough to make the first fifteen’ – Reidy
*Clare’s David Reidy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill PROVING your worth in training has been the mindset of David Reidy as he regained his starting jersey on the Clare senior hurling team.
‘We’re back to where we want to be’ – Lohan looking ahead to All-Ireland semi-final
*Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE are “back to where we wanted to be” by qualifying for a third successive All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final.
‘Semi-final a chance to rectify championship record vs Kilkenny’ – Hassett
*Shane Hassett. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill STRENGTH of Clare’s senior hurling panel was stressed by selector Shane Hassett in the wake of their All-Ireland quarter-final win.
Clare seal All-Ireland semi-final spot
*David Reidy impressed for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE will face Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final for third year in succession after overcoming Wexford by twelve points.
‘We did just enough to get over the line’ – Lyng hails fantastic workrate & fresh bench for Kilkenny win over Clare
*Ryan Taylor is kept under pressure by Conor Fogarty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Speaking after Sunday’s All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final win over Clare, Kilkenny manager Derek Lyng said “we just did enough to get over the line. It was very edgy towards the end”.
The Water Break: Cats take the cream from Clare in All-Ireland semi-final again
*Kilkenny players celebrate in front of a dejected Rory Hayes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON comes to a close and the dissection of Clare’s semi-final exit to Kilkenny is the focus in the latest episode of The Water Break.
‘We’ll dust ourselves down & come back again’ – Lohan
*Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NOT WANTING to concede goals early on was the reason Clare played the opening half of the All-Ireland semi-final with a sweeper according to manager Brian Lohan who said they will dust themselves down and come back again.
Kilkenny cause more semi-final heartache for Clare
*Players keep their eyes fixed on the sliotar during the All-Ireland SHC semi-final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S bid to reach the All-Ireland senior hurling final for the first time in a decade came up agonisingly short against a battle-hardened Kilkenny.