*Jack Sheedy under pressure from Oisin Looney. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ST JOSEPH’S Miltown and St Breckans clash in “a huge game” this Sunday where the winner secures a quarter-final place in the TUS Clare SFC.
*Colm O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IT’s only two years since St Breckans contested the county final but their standing as championship contenders is not as strong as recent years.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ALL INTERVIEWS have been held with a decision imminent on who will become the next Clare senior football manager.
*Cratloe’s Eoin Carey is swarmed by Caoilfhinn O’Dea and Daryn Callinan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FINALISTS have been confirmed in the senior and intermediate football championships.
*Colm O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BACK TO BACK wins have resulted in St Breckan’s sealing their place in the quarter-finals of the TUS Clare SFC by finishing in top spot of Group 2.
*Jack Hannan is tackled by Jamie Stack. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ST JOSEPH’S Doora/Barefield ran out two point winners over St Breckan’s in the opening round of Group 2 in the Clare SFC.
*Colm O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WITH only one victory under their belts in 2024 and that an ultimately fruitless last-ditch attempt to stave off relegation from the Cusack Cup, St Breckan’s will inevitably have a greater emphasis on this Friday’s opening senior championship tie more than most.
*Alan Sweeney charges out of the Clare defence. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THERE remains a strong tinge of regret among Clare’s senior footballers that they didn’t do themselves justice in the 2023 Munster Final against Kerry, this weekend they have an opportunity to make amends.
*Daniel Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WING BACK, Daniel Walsh has returned to training for Clare ahead of Sunday’s Munster senior football final.
*Clare senior football manager, Mark Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill MARK FITZGERALD begins his first championship campaign as Clare senior football manager this Saturday as the Banner bid to reach a second successive Munster final.