Páraic O’Loughlin tries to block Peter Hogan. For all the major strides made by Clonlara in 2023, overcoming Ballygunner is still a few rungs up the hurling ladder as the perennial Waterford champions carved out their own piece of history by becoming the first club to garner a three-in-a-row of Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship …
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*Niall Hogan (second from left) forms part of the Clonlara management. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NIALL HOGAN was a Clonlara selector when they claimed their second senior championship in 2008, fifteen years on he’s in the role fresh from winning their third senior title and bidding to win a first provincial crown.
*James Murphy goes to ground. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WRITTEN OFF BY ALMOST EVERYONE ahead of their Munster final showing, Ballyea will be proud with their display against reigning All-Ireland champions, Ballygunner.
*Tony Kelly was in sparkling form for Ballyea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BALLYEA’S BID to win a second provincial title came undone against an outstanding Ballygunner side on Saturday afternoon.
*Ballyea’s Paul Flanagan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill OFTEN THE MAGNITUDE OF SUCCESS can be lost on players until they decide to call it a day but Paul Flanagan who has enjoyed a renaissance is well aware of what Ballyea are achieving.
*Shane O’Leary and Brian Corry fight for the sliotar. Photograph: Willie O’Reilly (Burren Eye Photography) Sixmilebridge’s showing in the Munster club senior quarter-final is “a wake up” call for Clare hurling, manager Tim Crowe stated.
*Seadna Morey & Podge Collins. Photograph: Willie O’Reilly (Burren Eye Photography) It was a day to forget for Sixmilebridge as their Munster club campaign came crashing down at the hands of a far superior Ballygunner.
