Fitzgerald suspension upheld & Clare star to miss Tipp tie
ALL STAR David Fitzgerald is set to miss Clare’s first outing of this year’s championship.
ALL STAR David Fitzgerald is set to miss Clare’s first outing of this year’s championship.
*Clare senior hurling manager, Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S senior hurlers face “a massive couple of weeks” as they switch focus from league to championship.
*David Fitzgerald in action for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AN APPEAL is set to be launched by Clare GAA into the proposed one match ban for David Fitzgerald which would see him miss the county’s first round clash against Tipperary in the Munster SHC.
A draw was a fair result in this final group game which had Clare and Cork level on seven occasions in a tie which produced some great excitement in the second half in particular.
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.
*Conor Cleary and Geraroid Hegarty will cross paths this weekend. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior hurling team shows one change for Saturday’s anticipated National Hurling League second round clash with Limerick.
*Ken Ralph gives instructions to Mark Rodgers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S senior hurlers cross paths with beloved neighbours Limerick on Saturday evening for the first time since last year’s dramatic Munster final.
*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.
*Hurlers TJ Reid of Kilkenny, left, and Tony Kelly of Clare with their PwC All-Star award during the PwC All-Stars Awards 2022 show at the Convention Centre in Dublin. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile RESPONSIBILITY OF minding Tony Kelly’s ever growing collection of All Star awards lies firmly with his parents, Donal and Moira.
*Éire Óg players celebrate at the final whistle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ÉIRE ÓG HAVE retained their title as Clare senior football champions wrestling off the challenge of Ennistymon.