Clare hurlers show the way to secure Munster final spot
*Clare’s Diarmuid Ryan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE HAVE QUALIFIED for the Munster senior hurling final for a successive season after overcoming Cork in a tense battle on Sunday afternoon.
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McCarthy overcomes quad injury to retain place in Clare team
*Aidan McCarthy has recovered from injury. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AIDAN MCCARTHY returns to the Clare senior hurling side for Sunday’s showdown with Cork.
Cork game will be treated as knockout – Rodgers
Mark Rodgers gets away from Conor Prunty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FACING CORK in Ennis this weekend is a knockout tie, Clare forward Mark Rodgers maintained.
‘We need to keep building the momentum’ – Tony Kelly says as Clare keep championship fate in their hands
*Tony Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TONY KELLY was back on song and hitting the frees as Clare recorded their second win of this year’s Munster senior hurling championship.
Inane Waterford tactics play into Clare’s hands to set up crunch clash with Cork
*Shane O’Donnell dinks past Austin Gleeson. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare never needed to raise much of a gallop to brush aside a dysfunctional Waterford team, the Déise’s approach to the game was simply baffling.
Lohan’s Clare knock Davy’s Waterford out of the championship
*Tony Kelly led the way for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A fifth successive provincial victory over Waterford ensures that Clare’s rehabilitation was completed as their fate is firmly in their own hands ahead of their final round showdown against Cork next Sunday.
Lohan & Davy name sides for Clare vs Waterford showdown
*Rory Hayes retains his spot at corner back. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE HAVE named an unchanged side to face Waterford in Saturday’s Munster senior hurling championship.
Clare seniors look to keep good hurling times rolling
*Eibhear Quilligan is expected to remain between the posts. Photograph:Gerard O’Neill CLARE HURLING IS currently on a high and the county’s senior side will look to keep the good times rolling this weekend.
Ex Mayor of Clare brandishes RTÉ ‘a disgrace’ in criticism for failing to show Banner win over Limerick
*John Conlon catches the sliotar as it breaks from David McInerney and Gearoid Hegarty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill RTÉ have come under fire for failing to show the Munster hurling epic between Clare and Limerick over the weekend.
Clare show going toe to toe with Limerick is the way to beat them
*John Conlon holds off Graeme Mulcahy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Unlike the players, I was mentally scarred by our visit to the Gaelic Grounds in 2019. That day, after a disappointing defeat to Tipperary in the previous round, Clare were beaten all ends up to the delight of the baying Limerick crowd.