Collins rues errors in preparation as Clare exit championship
When it came to championship preparations the Clare footballers got it wrong according to senior manager Colm Collins.
When it came to championship preparations the Clare footballers got it wrong according to senior manager Colm Collins.
A huge win for Tipperary was how David Power described his side’s victory over Clare in Sunday’s Munster senior football championship quarter final at Semple Stadium in Thurles.
Clare’s senior footballers have exited the championship falling at the first hurdle as they suffered a three point defeat to Tipperary on Sunday afternoon.
Eoin Cleary will take to the field in his first championship outing as Clare captain on Sunday without the backing of the Banner Roar.
Clare selector Enda Coughlan has plenty of experience of playing against Tipperary teams.
*Clare’s Cathal O’Connor catches the ball. Photograph: Martin Connolly Clare’s footballers have discovered their opponents for the 2020 Munster championship this morning.
*David Tubridy celebrates scoring for Clare in a 2016 qualifier win vs Roscommon. PHOTO: ©INPHO/Donall Farmer As far as recent meetings between Clare and Kerry, Saturday’s six point defeat wasn’t the Banner’s worst nor the best but manager Colm Collins was left confident his side would mount a successful run in the All-Ireland qualifiers.
*Clare captain, Gary Brennan. Photograph: Martin Connolly Kerry’s dominant grip on the Munster senior football championship continued in Ennis on Saturday evening as their six point win secured a provincial final with Cork and sent Clare to the qualifiers.
*Paul Geaney gets away from Cillian Brennan in Fitzgerald Stadium. Photograph: Martin Connolly If recent history is all we have to go on, there are two contrasting memories for the Clare footballers who line out at Cusack Park on Saturday evening around the same time Liverpool and Spurs face off in the Champions League final …
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*Sean O’Donoghue leaps in the air watched by David Tubridy. Photograph: Martin Connolly Three of Colm Collins’ key men have overcome various injury complaints and are available for selection as Kerry travel to Ennis on Saturday with a place in the Munster senior football championship on offer.