*Cathal McInerney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CRATLOE’s senior footballers are in “must-win” territory following their “comprehensive” drubbing to champions Éire Óg in round one.
*Kevin Harnett will be at the heart of the Cratloe defence. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CRATLOE will always bring strong championship credentials so long as Colm Collins is at the helm and this season marks his twentieth in the hotseat.
*Éire Óg’s Ikem Ugwueru. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CHASING THAT winning feeling has Ikem Ugwueru primed for battle as Éire Óg look to win a fourth Clare SFC in five seasons.
*Joe Rafferty, Cian McDonough and James Curran celebrate at the final whistle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ST JOSEPH’S Doora/Barefield have advanced to a first Clare SFC final since 2012 after deservedly beating Cratloe.
*Rian Considine. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CRATLOE’S character has stood to them as they put the finishing touches on their preparation for a third Clare SFC semi-final in as many years.
*Cratloe’s Diarmuid Ryan fields the ball. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. RECORDING “hard-fought wins” has made Colm Collins “very proud” of the manner in which Cratloe have qualified for the TUS Clare SFC quarter-finals.
*Liam Markham and Cian McDonagh compete for possession. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ENDA BOYCE’s fifty ninth minute kick saw Cratloe record consecutive victories booking their place in the quarter-finals of the TUS Clare SFC while despite successive losses scoring difference also sends St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield through to the last eight.
*St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield’s Fionn Kelleher & Diarmuid O’Donnell of Kildysart in action. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KILDYSART, St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield and Cratloe enter the third round of the TUS Clare SFC vying to claim the last two quarter-final spots on offer in Group 1.
*Clare in 2026 will have a fourth manager of the senior footballers in as many years. PETER KEANE’s tenure as Clare senior football manager ended officially on Sunday, but it should have come to a halt long before then.
*Cratloe manager, Colm Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FALLOUT continues following the move to seed Cork and Kerry in the Munster SFC with former Clare manager Colm Collins describing it as “a cynical move”.