*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IT WAS always going to be Clare’s final league outing of 2025 but Saturday’s one point loss to Tipperary meant Brian Lohan’s side finish bottom of the table, Enda Treacy rates the performances of the Banner hurlers following their fifth loss of 2025.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior hurlers slumped to their fifth defeat of the 2025 Allianz National Hurling League, losing by the smallest of margins to rivals Tipperary.
*David Reidy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NO CHANGES have been made to the Clare senior hurling team as they go in search of their first league win of 2025.
*Mark Rodgers tries to jinx past Jack McRedmond and Kevin Foley. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. WITH Clare’s strongest team of 2025 on the pitch their performance against Wexford was due to be up on previous displays but in many instances it was worse as a third successive defeat was the outcome, Eoin Brennan rates the performances.
*Mark Rodgers is set for his first appearance of 2025. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TONY Kelly, John Conlon, David Fitzgerald, Mark Rodgers and Rory Hayes will all make their first starts of 2025 for the Clare hurlers as they welcome Wexford to Ennis in a must-win tie.
SCARIFF Community College will hope to bridge a thirty-five-year gap when they face High School Clonmel in the Munster Colleges Senior B (Corn Tomas Mhic Choilm) Hurling Championship final this Saturday.
*Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SHANE O’Donnell has been named Hurler of the Year and Adam Hogan Young Hurler of the Year with Clare receiving six All Star awards.
*Patrick Crotty scores a point in the opening half. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FALLING short by a single point in their bid to make the Clare SHC semi-finals for the second year running will add to the pain of Scariff’s quarter-final loss.
*Conor McGrath was Cratloe’s top scorer with 0-7. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CRATLOE are through to a fourth Clare SHC semi-final in seven years after edging out Scariff by the smallest of margins.
*John Conlon is among the Clare nominations. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill 14 Clare hurlers have been nominated for All Star awards off the back of a season which saw Brian Lohan’s side crowned All-Ireland SHC champions.
