*Podge Collins pushes off the challenge of Eoin O’Brien. Photograph: Ruth Griffin REIGNING CLARE SFC champions Cratloe got their bid for back to back titles off to a winning start on Friday but their first round showing won’t win any championship, manager Colm Collins has stressed.
*Clare’s John Conlon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill For the first time in a quarter of a century, Clare will contest a third consecutive Munster Senior Hurling Final after eventually holding off hosts Tipperary in FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles.
*Shane O’Donnell on the attack for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BACK TO BACK wins in the Munster championship have been achieved by Clare’s senior hurlers who edged out Davy Fitzgerald’s Waterford on Sunday afternoon.
*Clare’s Peter Duggan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE prevailed in a nail-biting contest against Cork to get their Munster campaign back on track.
*Shane O’Donnell takes on Darragh O’Donovan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WINNING the Allianz National Hurling League title could be “a blessing or a curse” for Clare’s hurlers, former Limerick hurler Niall Moran maintained.
FOUR CLARE hurlers have been included in the 2024 Electric Ireland GAA Higher Education Rising Stars Hurling Team of the Year.
*Clare’s John Conlon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill As Clare supporters contemplate which team Brian Lohan will choose for the National Hurling League Final in FBS Semple Stadium on Saturday week (7.15pm), here’s a look back on the rat-ings from last Sundays semi-final against Tipperary in Portlaoise.
Diarmuid Ryan with his parents Philip and Aileen Ryan and his girlfriend Sarah Canny. Photograph: Brian Arthur CLARE’S representatives on the Mary Immaculate College side crowned Fitzgibbon Cup champions received their medals from An Tánaiste, Micheál Martin (FF).
*Peter Duggan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SEVEN changes have been made to the Clare senior hurling team for Sunday’s fourth round league clash versus Kilkenny.
Adam Hogan, Daithi Lohan, Diarmuid Ryan, Shane Meehan, Diarmuid Cahill, Podge Collins. Photograph: Kieran Keating MARY IMMACULATE COLLEGE claimed their third ever Fitzgibbon Cup title with Clare players helping them on their way.
