*Tony Kelly lifts the Liam McCarthy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CAPTAINING Clare to All-Ireland glory “is the best thing I probably will ever do in hurling,” Tony Kelly has said.
*Paul Flanagan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ONE irritating stigma that has consistently been thrown at Clare nationally over the past decade is that this team peaked in 2013 and were almost lucky to claim that crown as they failed to back it up ever since.
*Tony Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FOR ALMOST twelve months up to late May of this year, the question on all hurling followers lips wasn’t could Clare win the Munster or All-Ireland title but rather will Tony Kelly make a full recovery from the injury which saw him miss Clare’s league campaign.
*Tony Kelly gets away from Walter Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE CAPTAIN Tony Kelly never felt that Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final game was gone from them.
*Eoin Guilfoyle of Newmarket-on-Fergus. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BACK TO BACK defeats for Inagh/Kilnamona have allowed Newmarket-on-Fergus to take top spot in Division 1A of the FutureTicketing Clare Cup.
*Tony Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S TONY KELLY says the performance from Sunday’s Munster final is the most difficult aspect to stomach from the defeat.
*Shane McGrath and Stephen Conway battle with Patrick Donnellan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FEAKLE or Newmarket-on-Fergus will join Inagh/Kilnamona in the FutureTicketing Clare Cup semi-finals.
*Tony Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TONY KELLY is pushing for a place in the Clare starting team for Sunday’s Munster SHC final while David McInerney remains an injury doubt.
*David Considine. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Inagh/Kilnamona remain the only unbeaten team in Division 1A of the FutureTicketing Clare Cup but they dropped their first point of the campaign on Saturday when they were held to a draw by Clooney/Quin.
*Clare captain, Cillian Brennan under pressure from Dara Moynihan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior footballers are determined to bounce back quickly from the disappointment of losing the Munster final for the All-Ireland series, team captain Cillian Brennan has said.
