*Clooney/Quin’s Peter Duggan barges past Liam Corry. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Plenty of life still exists within Clooney/Quin’s senior championship aspirations this year, selector Noel Harrison has maintained.
*Inagh/Kilnamona full-back Keith White collides with John Conlon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Emerging from the ‘group of death’ has brought a fantastic lift to the Inagh/Kilnamona senior hurling panel.
*Stan Lineen offloads as Jamie Fitzgibbon closes in. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A Crusheen side in transition are experiencing ‘difficult lessons’ at the senior grade, manager Kevin Sheehan admitted.
*Kevin Hehir. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A third win on the trot in this season’s senior hurling championship has propelled Inagh-Kilnamona to the top of the table in the five team group and into the play offs in the race for the Canon Hamilton.
Write off Whitegate at your peril’ should be emblazoned across their jerseys as the experts of escapology produced yet another seismic result to get off the mark in this year’s senior championship in O’Garney Park in Sixmilebridge.
Despite being reduced to fourteen men midway through the second half when Oisin Clune was sent to the line on a second yellow card, Feakle held on for a one point victory over Newmarket-on-Fergus.
*Oran Cahill scored his first senior championship goal for Éire Óg. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Éire Óg went into this second round senior hurling championship game at Cusack Park on Saturday evening needing a victory and they emerged as deserving winners.
*Mark Rodgers excelled for Scariff. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Not all superheroes wear capes but Mark Rodgers was certainly flying in Cusack Park as his unprecedented 1-18 tally, 1-10 of which stemmed from play, spearheaded Scariff’s gritty victory over Clarecastle.
A strong third quarter in which they outscored their opponents 0-9 to 0-2 proved decisive as Ballyea recorded a second win in this season’s senior hurling championship.
*Cilléin Mullins and Tony Kelly will cross paths this Friday. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Whether you call it ‘Moving Weekend’ or ‘Make-or-Break’, Round 2 of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship will definitely determine the lines of demarcation between promotion or demotion.