Wrist injury for Hayes makes him a doubt for championship opener
*Clare’s Rory Hayes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE DEFENDER, Rory Hayes is a major injury doubt for the county’s opening round of the Munster SHC.
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Fitzgibbon Cup glory for Clare hurlers involved with UL
Mark Rodgers. Photograph: Sport Action Photography SIX CLARE hurlers have claimed Fitzgibbon Cup medals as part of the victorious University of Limerick panel.
Lohan conscious of need to try new players as Clare begin League campaign
*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.
27 Clare hurlers included on Fitzgibbon Cup panels
*Mark Rodgers in action for UL. Photograph: Sport Action Photography CLARE WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED with a total of 27 hurlers involved with Fitzgibbon Cup panels across the country.
High five for stately Sixmilebridge who eliminated Wolfe Tones
*Brian Carey races from Ben O’Gorman. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Sixmilebridge maintained their perfect record when keeping neighbours Wolfe Tones at arm’s length throughout their quarter-final contest in Cusack Park, Ennis on Saturday evening.
Tones eager to ‘maintain the momentum’
*Billy Connors battles with David Gough. Photograph: Ruth Griffin WOLFE TONES ARE DETERMINED to “maintain the momentum” following their opening round win in the Clare SHC.
Setting the right Tones from the outset
Daithí Lohan is tipped to have a big year for The Tones. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The phrase ‘a good start is half the battle’ could have been written with Wolfe Tones in mind as the last two seasons, their sole championship saving victories have come in the opening round of the championship.
Clare make light work of Waterford as Munster Final looms
*David Reidy made his first championship start of the year. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior hurlers marched into the Munster final while storming past the challenge of Waterford on Sunday evening.
‘We have quality in our guys’ – Lohan pleased with new additions to Clare panel but disappointed with Limerick loss
*Patrick Crotty and Barry Nash watch as the sliotar flies by. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill PLENTY OF LEARNINGS will be taken from Clare’s disappointing nine-point loss to Limerick in the final of the Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling Cup.
Lohan looking to find new talent in Munster Hurling Cup
*Mike Gough looks for an offload. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill INTRODUCING new players is the primary aim for Clare in the Munster Hurling Cup, manager Brian Lohan has said.