*Jamie Malone under pressure from Brian Donovan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill “When you’ve got something to prove there’s nothing greater than a challenge” – Terry Bradshaw.
*Emmet McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SUNDAY’S middle third is going to be “a warzone” when Clare and Cork collide in Cusack Park for the Munster SFC quarter-final, Emmet McMahon predicted.
*Jamie Malone is expected to move to the half-back line in the absence of Cian O’Dea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SELECTIONS around the middle third are among the main selection headaches for Colm Collins and his management team for Sunday’s Munster SFC quarter-final with Cork.
*Emmet McMahon of UL and Kildysart, Clare, right, receives his 2023 Electric Ireland GAA Higher Education Rising Stars Football Team of the Year Award from Chair of the GAA Higher Education Committee Michael Hyland during the 2023 Electric Ireland GAA HEC Rising Star Awards at the Castletroy Park Hotel in Limerick. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile. …
*Clare midfielder Darragh Bohannon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The Clare senior footballers finished their league campaign with a flourish after a comprehensive and confidence boosting victory against near neighbours Limerick, in Cusack Park last Sunday.
*Ciaran Russell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior footballers time in Division 2 has come to an end, for now, with a fifteen point win over Limerick.
*Keelan Sexton. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ON SUNDAY in Owenbeg the Clare senior footballers suffered defeat at the hands of Derry, one of the in-form teams in the country, consigning them to Division 3 for the first time since 2016.
*Stephen Ryan brings the ball away from goal. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WHILE the siege mentality that we expected from Clare at the weekend never materialised, the Banner’s footballers will need to find their proven resilience and defiance over the final two rounds of the Allianz National Football League if they are to have any hope …
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*Darragh Bohannon breaks away from David Byrne and Lee Gannon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill PRIDE, frustration and passion were just some of the emotions that Clare players, management and supporters were left with after leaving Croke Park last Saturday evening after a pulsating league encounter against Dublin.
*Dermot Coughlan was one of Clare’s top performers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior footballers came agonisingly close to recording one of the results of the year against the kingpins of Dublin.
