No changes to Clare team as Rouine & Bohannon return to matchday panel
*Full-back Ronan Lanigan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S senior football side shows no changes for their home tie with Antrim in the Allianz National Football League.
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Rouine expected to return for Antrim clash
*Cillian Rouine. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ENNISTYMON’S Cillian Rouine is expected to be back in the fold as Clare’s senior footballers welcome Antrim to Cusack Park.
Coughlan carving out role as one of Clare’s new leaders
*Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill DERMOT COUGHLAN is among the Clare footballers assuming greater responsibility in the side and emerging as one of their leaders.
Player Ratings: Clare vs Limerick
Emmet McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A fourth win in five Allianz National Football League outings has kept Clare’s bid for promotion alive in Division 3.
Fitzgerald pleased with Clare’s character but pinpoints inexperience for ‘silly mistakes’
*Clare football manager, Mark Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IMPROVEMENT is evident among Clare’s senior football side this season but this progress needs to become more consistent, manager Mark Fitzgerald has said.
Clare see off Limerick to push into promotion zone of National Football League
CLARE’S senior footballers weathered a Limerick comeback in the second half to record their fourth win in Division 3 of the Allianz National Football League.
McGann & Coughlan make way back into Clare team
*Joe McGann. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S senior football team shows two changes to take on neighbours Limerick this Saturday evening.
Player Ratings: Clare vs Wicklow
*Gavin Murray. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IT WASN’T the most memorable of spectacles but Clare’s footballers got the job done when getting over Wicklow in the fourth round of the Allianz National Football League.
Brian Mc enjoying the big step up to senior
*Brian McNamara in action. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SINCE he delivered a man of the match performance against Kerry in last season’s Munster under 20 semi-final, the name of Brian McNamara has been regularly mentioned as a player who will feature regularly for the county’s senior side at midfield.
‘We’ve never spoken about promotion or relegation’ says Clare football boss Fitzgerald
*Clare’s senior football panel. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WHILE happy that his charges had recorded a third win and run up an impressive tally in the process, Clare football manager Mark Fitzgerald readily accepted after Sunday’s victory over Wicklow that “there’s lots to work on”.