*Outnumbered but Shane O’Donnell still powers past the Clarecastle defence. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ÉIRE ÓG are no longer at their ‘most vulnerable’ and will be quietly confident that their chances of success in the Clare senior hurling championship will only intensify as they reach the knockout stages.
*Seamus McCaul and Conor Cleary battle for possession. ALL QUARTER-FINAL places in the Clare senior hurling championship have been filled so there’s plenty to discuss on the latest episode of The Water Break.
*Ross O’Donoghue. THE CLARE ECHO is delighted to announce that Ross O’Donoghue will be fronting the club hurling version of The Water Break.
*Michael O’Malley is tackled by Conor Downes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Billed as a winners-takes-all final round showdown, Kilmaley and Scariff were ultimately content with a draw-suits-all conclusion as both sides advanced to the senior hurling championship quar-ter-finals at the expense of back-to-back champions Ballyea.
*Barry Fitzpatrick in action against Gary Cooney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SIXMILEBRIDGE will compete in the Senior B hurling championship and O’Callaghans Mills in the relegation play-off after their appeals to the Munster Council.
*Sam Meaney and Eoin Guilfoyle both miss the high ball. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS plan to utilise their four-week window ahead of the Clare SHC quarter-finals to work on ‘disappointing aspects’ of their third round win over Wolfe Tones.
*Wolfe Tones captain John Guilfoyle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WOLFE TONES boss Conor Dolan struggled to comprehend how they finished with thirteen men in their third championship defeat of this season.
*Gearoid ‘Gudgy’ O’Connell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Champions die hard they say and Ballyea certainly backed up that claim when they took on Scariff on Sunday afternoon.
*Keelan Guyler has a shot on Bryan O’Loughlin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Where there’s life there’s hope as Inagh/Kilnamona snatched their championship lifeline with both hands in a devastating derby victory over Kilmaley in Cusack Park.
*Feakle’s Eoin Tuohy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FEAKLE guaranteed themselves top spot in Group 4 of the TUS Clare senior hurling championship when proving too strong for East Clare rivals Broadford.