Walsh & Rouine included in Clare team for Cork clash
Cillian Rouine. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill COLM COLLINS and his management team have named the Clare team to take on Cork in Sunday’s Munster SFC quarter-final.
Cillian Rouine
Middle third selections the main decisions for Collins & management
*Jamie Malone is expected to move to the half-back line in the absence of Cian O’Dea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SELECTIONS around the middle third are among the main selection headaches for Colm Collins and his management team for Sunday’s Munster SFC quarter-final with Cork.
Fringe players impress but Collins & management must decide who they can trust in white heat of championship
*Clare midfielder Darragh Bohannon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The Clare senior footballers finished their league campaign with a flourish after a comprehensive and confidence boosting victory against near neighbours Limerick, in Cusack Park last Sunday.
O’Dea to miss Munster quarter-final
*Cian O’Dea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CIAN O’DEA is to miss Clare’s potentially season defining Munster senior football quarter-final against Cork.
Eight new starters for Clare footballers
*Brendy Rouine is among the players getting a first start of the 2023 NFL. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill EIGHT CLARE footballers will make their first start of this year’s Allianz National Football League in what will be the county’s last outing in the competition.
Bowed but not broken – Clare footballers must quickly press reset button
*Keelan Sexton. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ON SUNDAY in Owenbeg the Clare senior footballers suffered defeat at the hands of Derry, one of the in-form teams in the country, consigning them to Division 3 for the first time since 2016.
O’Connor returns but O’Dea misses out as footballers fight to retain Division 2 status
*Cathal O’Connor returns from injury. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill COLM COLLINS has named his starting fifteen for Clare’s crunch tie with Derry this Sunday in the Allianz National Football League.
Smother finale ‘gives everyone what they wanted’
SMOTHER, the hit RTÉ drama filmed in North-West Clare comes to a conclusion this Sunday.
‘It’s backs to the wall & we wouldn’t have it any other way’ – Collins & Clare ready to fight for Division 2 status
*Colm Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior footballers have their “backs to the wall” as they attempt to consolidate their status in Division 2 of the Allianz National Football League.
Midfielder O’Neill ruled out of Meath game
*Darren O’Neill is pulled back by Conor Grimes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill MIDFIELDER DARREN O’NEILL will miss Clare’s clash with Meath in the second round of the Allianz National Football League at Páirc Tailteann in Navan this Sunday.