Clare’s best chance of success since 2013 All-Ireland
*Clare captain, Tony Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill This year Clare have their best chance of winning the All-Ireland senior hurling title since their last success ten years ago.
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North Clare neighbours St Breckan’s & Ennistymon do battle in Cusack Cup final
*David McNamara holds off Denis O’Callaghan. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography With the opening rounds of the Clare senior football championship just a month away, this weekend’s league finals will give clubs a better indication of where they are in terms of preparation for the Jack Daly.
Munster Final loss left ‘sour taste’ but Fitzgerald & Clare hungry to end year with silverware
*David Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill LOSING THE Munster senior hurling final for the second year in a row left “a sour taste” for David Fitzgerald and his Clare teammates but it hasn’t diluted their appetite for glory in the county colours.
The Water Break: How Clare’s hurlers rocked Cusack Park & went from a wake to a wedding
*Clare’s Tony Kelly battles with Ger Mellerick. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BACK TO BACK Munster senior hurling finals have left the people of Clare with a pep in their step and the mood is certainly optimistic on the latest episode of The Water Break.
Inane Waterford tactics play into Clare’s hands to set up crunch clash with Cork
*Shane O’Donnell dinks past Austin Gleeson. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare never needed to raise much of a gallop to brush aside a dysfunctional Waterford team, the Déise’s approach to the game was simply baffling.
Lohan’s Clare knock Davy’s Waterford out of the championship
*Tony Kelly led the way for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A fifth successive provincial victory over Waterford ensures that Clare’s rehabilitation was completed as their fate is firmly in their own hands ahead of their final round showdown against Cork next Sunday.
Clare show going toe to toe with Limerick is the way to beat them
*John Conlon holds off Graeme Mulcahy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Unlike the players, I was mentally scarred by our visit to the Gaelic Grounds in 2019. That day, after a disappointing defeat to Tipperary in the previous round, Clare were beaten all ends up to the delight of the baying Limerick crowd.
THE WATER BREAK: Clare’s senior hurlers roar back to life in Munster championship
*Ryan Taylor and Peter Duggan celebrate at the final whistle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THEY PICKED UP THE SCRIPT and tossed it into the bin, Clare’s senior hurlers were written off in most parts for Saturday’s crunch tie with Limerick but they managed to end the All-Ireland champions seventeen game unbeaten run.
‘Nobody will remember beating Limerick if we don’t follow it up’ – Fitzgerald lays down marker
*David Fitzgerald gets away from Cathal O’Neill. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FROM THE OFF, David Fitzgerald’s return lifted Clare as they defeated Limerick on Saturday but he’s adamant they must make the scalp count by progressing in this season’s championship.
Two changes made to Clare hurling team for Limerick tie
*Eibhear Quilligan is named to start in goals. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography BRIAN LOHAN has made two changes to the Clare senior hurling team for Saturday’s meeting with reigning All-Ireland, Munster and National Hurling League champions Limerick.