Clare fly into top half of Division 3 with nine point win over Limerick
*Eoin Cleary and Manus Doherty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE have stormed to the top half of Division 3 with a third win on the bounce for Paul Madden’s footballers.
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Clare player ratings vs Laois: Cleary central to Banner bounce
Eoin Cleary and Jamie Stack at the final whistle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A FIRST Cusack Park win under Paul Madden has given Clare’s footballers fresh impetus for Saturday’s derby encounter with Limerick.
Madden frustrated by how Clare used extra man but praises physicality & character of Banner charges
*Connor Meaney, Dermot Coughlan and Brian McNamara swarm Darragh Galvin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. PHYSICALLY Clare’s footballers will be able to match any county according to manager Paul Madden.
Clare climbing Division 3 table after lowering Laois
*Aaron Griffin in action. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s footballers are moving up the Division 3 table after defeating Laois to record back to back wins.
Clare player ratings vs Fermanagh: Big hits rolled out to ignite Clare challenge
*Brendy Rouine congratulates Ikem Ugwueru. Photograph: Ruth Griffin BIG HITS helped Clare to finally get off the mark in the 2026 National Football League, leaving Enniskillen with their first points of the campaign.
Clare’s league campaign on the rocks following Westmeath loss
*Mark McInerney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. BACK TO BACK defeats has Clare’s footballers now switching their focus from promotion aspirations to avoiding relegation.
Clare player ratings vs Down: Coughlan the chief performer but Banner let win slip
*Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE showed they were more than capable of beating Down but let the opportunity to do so slip through the fingers to start their Division 3 bid with a five point loss.
Banner Standouts: Big names bolster seniors & fringe footballers take giant step to preserve panel spot
*Diarmuid O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. 28 points separated the Clare senior and U20 footballers when they met in a challenge match on Sunday, the exercise may have been of little value but will be significant for certain players keeping their place on the respective panels.
Clare senior footballers show U20s how it’s done in tame challenge
*Action from the final third in Clareabbey. CLARE’s senior footballers continued their pre-season preparations with another challenge match, this time dishing out a comprehensive beating to the county’s U20 side.
Cleary collects player of the week
*Eoin Cleary receives his award from Martin Daly. BIG PLAYERS step up at the critical moments with Eoin Cleary typifying this to help St Joseph’s Miltown qualify for the Clare SFC quarter-finals and pick up the Martin Daly Autos/The Clare Echo player of the week in the process.