*Mark Rodgers catches the sliotar above Gavin O’Brien. Photograph: Ruthie Griffin SCORING difference has sent Scariff through to the Clare SHC quarter-finals and Crusheen into a relegation battle.
*Crusheen duo Jamie Fitzgibbon and James O’Sullivan chase after Broadford’s Conor O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CRUSHEEN have kept their championship hopes alive with teenager Rian O’Donnell goaling in the final seconds of additional time to see them beat Broadford.
*Gavin O’Brien wins the ball in defence for Crusheen. Photograph: Ruth Griffin EXPERIENCE’s value was highlighted as Crusheen got their Clare SHC campaign off to a winning start defeating St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield by five points.
*Aidan McCarthy gets away from Éanna McMahon and Breffni Horner. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THREE goals inside the opening eight minutes sent Inagh/Kilnamona back into the Clare Cup final for the second year in a row.
*Shane McGrath was in outstanding form for Feakle. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. Feakle will contest back-to-back Clare Senior Hurling Semi-Finals for the first time in 35 years after out-Crusheening Crusheen in Cusack Park.
*Breffni Horner and Michael Browne watch on anxiously for the final few moments in Ruan. Photograph: Ruth Griffin . CRUSHEEN are in successive Clare SHC quarter-finals for the first time in eight years with a tie against Feakle awaiting them in a fortnight.
*Breffni Horner leaves Eoghan Thynne behind. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. CRUSHEEN beat St. Joseph’s Doora/Barefield by 10 points to make the last eight again in the race for Canon Hamilton.
CRUSHEEN edged this one with a strong start and a stout finish. Newmarket will have to count the positives instead of the points with just the puck of a ball between them.
*Fergus Madden and Éanna McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CRUSHEEN are back in the Clare SHC final for the first time since 2014 after storming past the challenge of Scariff.
*Luke Hayes gets away from Peter Power. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill HAVING LEFT their worst performance until their last outing, Newmarket-on-Fergus have been left deflated with their exit from the Clare SHC.