*Tubber’s Ronan Monahan is tackled by Clarecastle defender Cian Galvin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARECASTLE produced a long-overdue proper championship display to thump Tubber by nine points in the quarter-finals of the Clare Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship.
*Eibhear Quilligan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE GOALKEEPER Eibhear Quilligan undergoes surgery this week.
CLARE HURLERS played a starring role in UL’s win over DCU in the Fitzgibbon Cup Final.
*Cian Galvin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior hurlers are still unbeaten in the 2024 Allianz National Hurling League after they managed to secure a share of the spoils with Wexford.
*Cian Broderick is set to make his National League debut. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FOUR CHANGES have been made to the Clare senior hurling team for Sunday’s trip to Wexford.
*Clarecastle goalkeeper, Cian Broderick. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARECASTLE are closing in on a decade since they reached the knockout stages of the Clare SHC and with growing experience in their ranks they are quietly confident of causing an upset to get back to the quarter-finals.
*Eamonn Foudy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill EAMONN FOUDY’s injury is not as bad as first feared but it will rule him out of the running for Clare’s opening contest in the Munster senior hurling championship.
*Mark Rodgers in action for UL. Photograph: Sport Action Photography CLARE WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED with a total of 27 hurlers involved with Fitzgibbon Cup panels across the country.
*Clarecastle’s James Doherty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The last two quarter final places in this season’s under 21 A hurling championship were filled this Saturday afternoon with Inagh/Kilnamona and Clarecastle coming through to join Corofin/Ruan, Scariff-Ogonnelloe, Clooney-Quin, St. Josephs, Clonlara, and Sixmilebridge.
*Anthony Daly and James McMahon. Photograph: Ruth Griffin JOY was evident on the face of all Magpies in Dr Daly Park when the Clarecastle senior hurlers got their reprieve to keep their place in the top flight.