Date with Donegal sends Clare to Castlebar
*Emmet McMahon is one of six members of the Clare team to have started in last year’s game. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FOR THE SECOND year in a row, Clare and Donegal will do battle in the All-Ireland SFC.
Cillian Brennan
‘There’s still a place in All-Ireland championship’ says captain Brennan
*Cillian Brennan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill “THERE IS still a place in the All-Ireland championship for us,” insisted Clare senior football captain Cillian Brennan in the wake of a disappointing fourteen point loss to Tyrone.
Unchanged side for Clare’s footballers trip to Tyrone
*Ikem Ugwueru. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior football management have named an unchanged starting fifteen for the third game in a row.
‘We will go again’ – Brennan determined Clare will bounce back from Munster Final loss
*Clare captain, Cillian Brennan under pressure from Dara Moynihan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior footballers are determined to bounce back quickly from the disappointment of losing the Munster final for the All-Ireland series, team captain Cillian Brennan has said.
Walsh returns as Clare footballers make one change for Munster final
*Daniel Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE senior football manager Mark Fitzgerald has made one change in personnel to the starting fifteen for Sunday’s Munster final.
‘We wouldn’t be here unless we believed we could beat Kerry’ – Sweeney savouring shot at Munster glory
*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.
Brennan basking in opportunity to be back in the mix for championship following injury ordeal
*Clare senior football captain, Cillian Brennan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SINCE HIS appointment as Clare senior football captain in January, Cillian Brennan has not yet enjoyed the honour of leading his county into battle.
Brennan & Bohannon to make first starts of 2024 for footballers & Garry misses out through injury
*Darragh Bohannon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CILLIAN BRENNAN and Darragh Bohannon will make their first start of the year for the Clare senior footballers.
Stephen Ryan among new leaders setting the way for Clare footballers
*Clare goalkeeper, Stephen Ryan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NOT ALONE has Stephen Ryan’s responsibility as a leader within the Clare senior football panel changed but so too has the role of the county’s first choice goalkeeper on the field.
Garry doubtful for Clare as Brennan & Bohannon return from injury
*Micheál Garry is an injury doubt for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S senior footballers will have their strongest selection to choose from so far this year for Saturday’s Munster SFC semi-final.