Championship debut for Meehan with Duggan reinstated to starting side
*Shane Meehan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SHANE MEEHAN is to make his championship debut for the Clare senior hurlers this Sunday.
*Shane Meehan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SHANE MEEHAN is to make his championship debut for the Clare senior hurlers this Sunday.
While the Munster championship exploded into life last weekend with a great opener in Walsh Park, Clare fans will have earmarked 24th of April as the beginning of the hurling year.
Clare finished their 2022 Allianz National League campaign with defeat to neighbours Galway in a game where there was nothing else up for grabs other than a third-place finish in the standings after both Cork and Wexford had secured the semi-final berths in the previous round of action.
Tony Kelly has been awarded an All Star for the third time.
*Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Éire Óg have ended Sixmilebridge’s reign as Clare senior hurling champions and in the process stopped their three in a row bid
*Rory Hayes clearing his lines. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare has received three nominations for the PwC All Star awards with Aidan McCarthy shortlisted for Young Hurler of the Year.
*Sixmilebridge joint captain, Jamie Shanahan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A powerful second half from Sixmilebridge saw them carve out a fifteen point win over neighbours Wolfe Tones to seal their spot in the quarter-finals of the Clare SHC.
*Seadna Morey. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Both Cathal Malone and Seadna Morey are on course to be back for full fitness for Sixmilebridge’s second round clash in the Clare SHC, manager Tim Crowe has confirmed.
*Jamie Shanahan is joint captain for Sixmilebridge this season. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill While there is much talk amongst hurling followers across the county as to whether or not Sixmilebridge can make history and win a third senior championship title in a row for the first time in their history, the champions’ manager Tim Crowe says …
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Clare’s senior hurlers have exited the All-Ireland SHC after suffering a two point defeat to Cork on Saturday evening in the second round of the qualifiers.