*Crusheen defender, Luke Hayes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CRUSHEEN still have a chance of making the knockout stages of the Clare SHC but only if they beat a fancied Clonlara by three points or more and Sixmilebridge overcome St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield.
*Colm Rice. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill COROFIN head into this weekend’s opening game in the senior football championship without the experience and leadership qualities of two players who have been regulars in recent seasons.
*Gearoid O’Donnell. TOP SCORER when Crusheen last won a senior county final, Gearoid O’Donnell still feels the itch to play but has to be a content with a role among the club’s management.
*Fergus Madden and Éanna McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CRUSHEEN are back in the Clare SHC final for the first time since 2014 after storming past the challenge of Scariff.
*Dara Nagle had an important goal-line clearance in the closing stages. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ST JOSEPH’S DOORA/BAREFIELD TOOK one step towards making the knockout stages of the Clare senior football championship when overcoming last year’s beaten semi-finalists Corofin. St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield 1-11 Corofin 0-12 Venue: Wolfe Tones GAA Grounds, Shannon In a repeat of the …
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*Colm Rice races away from Matt O’Shea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill GROWING IN CONFIDENCE with every outing, Corofin’s senior footballers have the task of taking down the county champions in the semi-finals.
*Aidan McCarthy was Inagh/Kilnamona’s top scorer. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Inagh/Kilnamona got their championship challenge off to a winning start with a merited win over Crusheen in a tie which failed to reach the heights expected.
Following one of the most dramatic finishes to a club football game in Clare, Corofin have have been crowned Clare intermediate football champions for the fourth time.
*Corofin manager, Douglas Hurley. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Corofin intermediate football manager Douglas Hurley readily admits that the team’s target all year has been to “go one step further than last year”.
Corofin’s path to senior redemption received a timely validation after exacting revenge on Kildysart to cement their place in the Intermediate Football Final in Shanahan McNamara Memorial Park, Doonbeg on Sunday afternoon.