*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill It was an excruciatingly difficult pill to swallow for Clare as their hopes of a first Munster Under 20 Hurling title in eleven years hinged on two contentious decisions entering the final quarter.
*Terence Fahy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CONTESTING a second Munster U20 hurling final in three years is “a very exciting prospect”, Clare manager Terence Fahy has said.
*Wing-back Jamie Moylan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S U20 side has been named for Wednesday’s Munster final showdown with Tipperary.
*Clare’s Diarmuid Stritch. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Fortune finally favoured the brave as Clare produced a late smash-and-grab victory to tee up a Munster Under 20 Final rematch with Tipperary next Wednesday.
*Goalkeeper Mark Sheedy will make his tenth successive start in the Munster U20 championship. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s U20 hurlers starting team shows one change for Wednesday’s semi-final with Cork.
*Jack O’Neill was Clare’s star man with a personal haul of 0-6. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s U20 hurlers are through to the Munster semi-final where they will be away to Cork.
*Jamie Moylan is outnumbered by Tipperary bodies. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TIPPERARY dished out a nine beating to Clare’s U20 hurlers issuing a setback to their hopes of reaching a Munster semi-final.
*Clare centre back James Hegarty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’S U20 hurlers have to ‘raise their levels’ to pick up successive wins in the Munster championship.
*James Organ. Photograph: Ruth Griffin AN UNANSWERED rally of 1-4 including a goal from James Organ saw Clare’s U20 hurlers record their first win of this year’s Munster championship.
*Clare are without star man Diarmuid Stritch. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. AN IMPROVED conversion rate is among the main targets for Clare’s U20 hurlers as they go in search of their first championship win this season.
