*Kevin Hehir is challenged by Páraic O’Loughlin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TWO of the leading contenders for the Canon Hamilton face off in the Clare Cup final this weekend.
*Clonlara’s Colm Galvin is chased by Luke O’Halloran of Sixmilebridge. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLONLARA qualified for a second Clare Cup final in four years after they withstood a strong Sixmilebridge comeback to set up a league decider with Inagh/Kilnamona.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill It was an excruciatingly difficult pill to swallow for Clare as their hopes of a first Munster Under 20 Hurling title in eleven years hinged on two contentious decisions entering the final quarter.
*Clare’s Diarmuid Stritch. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Fortune finally favoured the brave as Clare produced a late smash-and-grab victory to tee up a Munster Under 20 Final rematch with Tipperary next Wednesday.
*Goalkeeper Mark Sheedy will make his tenth successive start in the Munster U20 championship. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s U20 hurlers starting team shows one change for Wednesday’s semi-final with Cork.
*Diarmuid Stritch. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLONLARA’s Diarmuid Stritch has joined the Clare senior hurling panel in advance of Sunday’s opening round of the Munster championship.
*Jamie Moylan is outnumbered by Tipperary bodies. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TIPPERARY dished out a nine beating to Clare’s U20 hurlers issuing a setback to their hopes of reaching a Munster semi-final.
*Clare are without star man Diarmuid Stritch. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. AN IMPROVED conversion rate is among the main targets for Clare’s U20 hurlers as they go in search of their first championship win this season.
*Michael Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’S U20 hurlers had to settle for a draw against Cork and they were lucky to earn it for a finish.
*Ian Galvin gets away from Conor Grogan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CHAMPIONS Clonlara have sealed their place in the quarter-finals of the TUS Clare SHC after bouncing back from their second-round defeat to Éire Óg in impressive fashion to send Clooney/Quin into the relegation series.
