PLAYER RATINGS: Further All Star contenders emerge from Munster Final showdown
*All photographs by Gerard O’Neill & Joe Buckley Clare’s first Munster SHC final appearance since 2018 despite the outcome was a memorable occasion.
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‘I’m happy to keep putting on the Clare jersey for as long as I can’ – Conlon
*John Conlon. Photograph: Martin Connolly John Conlon will line out in Sunday’s Munster Senior Hurling Final as part of an elite band of hurlers to have played 50 championship matches for their county.
This Munster Final means more to Clare
This week, many of us are casting our minds back just over a fortnight to a cracker of a game and the best contest Clare have been involved in some years.
PLAYER RATINGS: More leaders emerge as Tony Kelly wows the masses once again
*David Fitzgerald is developing into one of the real leaders of the Clare team. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Eoin Brennan dishes out his player ratings following Clare’s draw with Limerick on Sunday.
Tony Kelly turns on God-mode & Rory Hayes earns reputation as country’s top defender
*Tony Kelly points under pressure from Sean Finn. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The heavyweight clash of Limerick and Clare lived up to its billing as it played out in the colosseum of Cusack Park yesterday.
Munster Final awaits for Clare following superb battle with Limerick
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE ARE THROUGH to the Munster senior hurling final with their epic draw with Limerick ensuring the two counties will meet again.
Tony Kelly can punish John Kiely’s complacent Limerick
*Tony Kelly gets away from Cathal O’Neill and Oisin O’Reilly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Growing up in South-East Clare just on the better side of the Clare-Limerick border meant this rivalry has always been the most intense for me.
Lohan’s admiration continues to grow for ‘special bunch’ of Clare hurlers
*Robin Mounsey and Peter Duggan pressurise Robert Downey. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BRIAN LOHAN has hailed his charges as “a special bunch” after they recorded back to back provincial wins for the first time since June 2018.
Lohan’s Clare a class apart from Cork in another commanding Thurles display
BRIAN LOHAN’s Clare hurlers produced another impressive display to secure a successive win and in the process keep aspirations of a Munster championship and qualifying from the province well and truly alive.
New approach helping Flanagan go from strength to strength
*Paul Flanagan brings the ball forward with Eoin Guilfoyle keeping tabs. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Hurling is no longer the number one priority in Paul Flanagan’s life and he’s enjoying the game much more as a result.