*Emmet McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. EMMET McMahon is included in a Clare matchday panel for the first time this year with Dermot Coughlan and Eoin Cleary also named among the substitutes for Saturday’s must-win Tailteann Cup encounter.
*Clare midfielder, Brian McNamara. CLARE’S footballers are in must-win territory if they are to keep their season alive.
*Eoin Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. Football Championship coverage brought to you in association with Martin Daly Autos CLARE’s senior footballers will be without their most experienced player for Saturday’s Tailteann Cup opener.
*Clare U20 football manager, Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. LOSING by nineteen points to Kerry was “a disappointing exit” for Clare’s U20 footballers but their outings against Cork and Waterford were the costly ones when it came to stopping the county reaching a first Munster final at the grade since 2002.
*Ikem Ugwueru moves to centre forward for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TEAMS have been named for the Munster SFC semi-final between Clare and Kerry.
*Louis Griffin gets away from Paddy Lane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S U20 footballers have been knocked out of the Munster championship, their second defeat in six outings coming at the hands of a physical Kerry outfit.
*Clare goalkeeper, Stephen Ryan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill GOALKEEPER Stephen Ryan is unavailable for selection for Clare’s Munster semi-final against Kerry.
*Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ATTENTION switches to phase two of the Munster U20 championship for Dermot Coughlan and Clare with recovery the main focus ahead of Thursday’s clash with Cork.
*Clare’s Colm Breen. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’S U20 footballers made it three wins from three to round out their phase one campaign with a one hundred percent record.
*Donncha O’Dwyer. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’S U20 footballers have named an unchanged team for the third outing in this year’s championship but the venue for their tie with Limerick has been changed.