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.
Brian Lohan
‘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.
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.
Hogan ‘hugely disappointed’ but hopeful Clare will bounce back in All-Ireland series
*Adam Hogan battles with Shane O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE are “still in the championship” and are determined to bounce back, defender Adam Hogan has said.
Costly misses at crucial stages lamented by Lohan
*David Reidy and David Fitzgerald in action. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill RESILIENCE shown by Clare’s hurlers in the past can be replicated according to senior manager Brian Lohan who rued missed chances at “crucial periods” in Sunday’s Munster final.
Limerick lower Clare in Munster final again
*Mark Rodgers reacts to a missed opportunity. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill There was no stopping Limerick’s historic drive for an unprecedented six-in-a-row of Munster Senior hurling crowns as Clare were made to suffer their third final defeat on the trot in FBD Sem-ple Stadium in Thurles.
Clare & Limerick name teams for Munster hurling final
*David McInerney returns to the Clare team. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE and Limerick have named their starting fifteen for Sunday’s Munster SHC final.
Cleary aware Clare have ‘awful lot of work to do’ in taking down Limerick
*Conor Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill MILTOWN Malbay’s Conor Cleary who plays his club hurling with Kilmaley admits that playing in the Munster final has been Clare’s target since the championship got under way.
Kelly in line for first Clare start of 2024
*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.
Clare still standing & seventy minutes from Munster success in ‘massive competition’
*Clare’s Cathal Malone in action. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill MUNSTER championship glory is seventy minutes away for Clare’s senior hurlers who have reached the final of the “massive competition” after overcoming Tipperary by three points on Sunday.