Two changes for Clare footballers with Lanigan & O’Dea given starting spots
*Ronan Lanigan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TWO CHANGES have been made to the Clare senior football team which welcome Donegal to Ennis on Saturday.
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Doherty & Brennan expected to be passed fit for Clare footballers
*Manus Doherty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill DEFENDERS CILLIAN BRENNAN and Manus Doherty are expected to be passed fit to line out for Clare’s senior footballers in Sunday’s Munster football final.
Clare footballers have blank page to write conclusion in history books for Munster final with Kerry
*Eoin Cleary leading the Clare footballers into battle. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography THIS SUNDAY, Clare are back in their first provincial final since 2012 with the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick the appointed venue after the Munster Council rejected Clare’s proposal for a home venue in Cusack Park , Ennis.
O’Neill hoping to shake off injuries ahead of ‘massive four games’ for footballers
*Darren O’Neill. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill QUALIFYING FOR THE MUNSTER FINAL AND ALL-IRELAND series guarantees Clare’s footballers “four massive games”, midfielder Darren O’Neill has said.
Clare have turned their season around from losing tight matches to winning them to seal Munster final spot
*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.
Dean Ryan’s return a further boost for Éire Óg
*Dean Ryan kicking a point for Clare. Photograph: Martin Connolly ÉIRE ÓG’s bid to win three Clare SFC titles in a row has been strengthened by the return of Dean Ryan to the club.
Siege mentality must return if Clare footballers are to remain in Division 2
*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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Dublin loss ‘tough to take’ but Collins immensely proud of ‘top-class’ Clare effort
*Jamie Malone is tackled by James McCarthy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THEY MATCHED DUBLIN for all of Saturday’s National Football League tie and led by six points with fifteen minutes remaining but Colm Collins and the Clare footballers were gutted to leave Croke Park with no points to show for their efforts.
Missed chances rued by Madden following Éire Óg’s devastating exit from Munster
*David Moran is tackled by Ikem Ugwueru. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ÉIRE ÓG boss Paul Madden was left ruing missed chances and conceded scores from frees as the Clare champions were knocked out of the Munster club senior football semi-finals.
Youth not diluting Manus Doherty’s determination to drive on with Éire Óg
*Éire Óg’s Manus Doherty works the ball up field from defence. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WHEN ÉIRE ÓG claimed the Jack Daly in 2021, Manus Doherty was among their standout players, it led to a breakthrough with the Clare senior footballers and the defender is intent to collect another senior title this coming weekend.