Cleary content as Clare bring battling qualities to the fore
*Conor Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S response to the first round loss to Tipperary has been one that fills full-back Conor Cleary with a sense of pride.
*Conor Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S response to the first round loss to Tipperary has been one that fills full-back Conor Cleary with a sense of pride.
*David McInerney and Conor Cleary in action for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S SENIOR HURLERS have roared back into the championship by defeating All-Ireland champions Limerick in their own back yard.
*Ryan Taylor is hit by Tipperary’s Bryan O’Mara. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WHERE DID IT go wrong for Clare’s senior hurlers in the opening round of the Munster SHC is the first question posed to pundits on the latest episode of The Water Break.
*Shane O’Donnell is back in the Clare team. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SHANE O’DONNELL will make his first appearance of the year for the Clare senior hurlers in a competitive showing this weekend while a championship debut awaits Adam Hogan.
*Adam Hogan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FEAKLE’S ADAM HOGAN is set to make his championship debut for the Clare senior hurlers this weekend.
*Eoin Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE WILL EMBRACE the extra pressure that comes with Sunday’s Munster senior football quarter-final, captain Eoin Cleary has said.
Conor Cleary wins the ball from Conor Whelan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S senior hurlers fell to their second defeat of this year’s National Hurling League and with that look unlikely to qualify for the knockout stages of the competition.
*John Conlon excelled for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A RETURN TO WINNING WAYS in resounding fashion saw Clare’s senior hurlers carve out a twenty two point victory against Wexford.
*Clare senior hurling manager, Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare will be “going as strong as we can” according to manager Brian Lohan when he and his management team sits down to name the side which will line out against Westmeath in the opening round of the Allianz National Hurling League.
*Cormac Murray scored a hat-trick as St Joseph’s Miltown defeated Kilmihil. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A TENSE finale saw St Joseph’s Miltown retain their senior status at the expense of Kilmihil.