*Seamus McCaul and Conor Cleary battle for possession. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SEMI-FINAL stage of the Clare senior hurling championship sees the battle to lift the Canon Hamilton crank up a gear.
*Scariff’s Matthew Crotty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. REACHING the semi-final of the Clare SHC “is tough” but for Scariff it was a much more difficult task considering the absence of personnel as they made their way to the last four.
*An emotional Donal Moloney with Shane Kavanagh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SCARIFF don’t just have an ability to fight “but can hurl too” while their medical team will be “working night and day” to try get a full squad available for their upcoming semi-final showdown with Kilmaley.
*Scariff’s Liam Crotty. Photograph: Ruthie Griffin. A POWERFUL final quarter which sent Scariff through to the Clare SHC quarter-finals on scoring difference was “incredible” and something that Donal Moloney had never witnessed after a lifetime in hurling.
Mark Rodgers. Photograph: Sport Action Photography SCARIFF have been dealt a major blow for their Clare SHC with star forward Mark Rodgers sustaining a broken bone in his arm.
*Patrick Crotty in possession for Scariff. Photograph: Joe Buckley SCARIFF have said the decision to disallow a Mark Rodgers goal in the second half of their first round loss to Broadford was “very hard to take”.
*Patrick Ryan forms part of a very strong Scariff attack. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. HAVING reached the Clare Cup final earlier this year, Scariff enter the championship with renewed confidence after surviving a difficult campaign last season.
*Éire Óg’s Darren Moroney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FOR THE FIRST time in almost four decades, Éire Óg set out their campaign in the Clare SHC as reigning champions and with that comes a target on the back of the Townies.
*Scariff defender, Seán Collins. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. Championship hurling coverage brought to you in association with McKeoghs Home, Garden & DIY SCARIFF make the short journey to Dr Daly Park in Tulla on Saturday afternoon hoping to bridge a thirty two year gap.
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin ÉIRE ÓG’s hurlers are the toast of Ennis town after winning the Clare SHC for the sixteenth time, bringing strength in defence and pace in attack to overcome Clooney/Quin.