Fitzgibbon Cup glory for Clare hurlers involved with UL
Mark Rodgers. Photograph: Sport Action Photography SIX CLARE hurlers have claimed Fitzgibbon Cup medals as part of the victorious University of Limerick panel.
Mark Rodgers. Photograph: Sport Action Photography SIX CLARE hurlers have claimed Fitzgibbon Cup medals as part of the victorious University of Limerick panel.
*Clare senior hurling manager, Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare will be “going as strong as we can” according to manager Brian Lohan when he and his management team sits down to name the side which will line out against Westmeath in the opening round of the Allianz National Hurling League.
*David Tuohy and Patrick Crotty look towards referee Joe Mullins. Photograph: Ruth Griffin A POWERFUL finish which included three goals in the final moments saw Scariff/Ogonnelloe seal their place in the U21A hurling final.
*Mark Rodgers in action for UL. Photograph: Sport Action Photography CLARE WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED with a total of 27 hurlers involved with Fitzgibbon Cup panels across the country.
*Conor McNamara is back for another campaign with the Scariff hurlers. Photograph: Ruth Griffin Lessons from their first year back in the senior ranks in 2021 which saw them miss a quarter-final berth due to score difference sees Scariff determined to hit the ground with all guns blazing.
*Jack Browne. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill JACK BROWNE will make his first championship start of 2022 and his first in two years when Clare welcome Limerick to Cusack Park this Sunday.
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*Adam Hogan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BRIAN LOHAN has added three members of the Clare U20 team to his senior panel ahead of the start of the Munster senior hurling championship.
*Photograph: Chris Copley HEAD OF NEWS & SPORT with The Clare Echo, Páraic McMahon takes a look at the learnings from Clare’s National Hurling League campaign.
*Conner Hegarty is the Clare U20 captain. Photograph: Chris Copley The meeting of Clare and their great rivals Limerick in the opening round of the Munster U20 hurling championship at the TUS Gaelic grounds in Limerick next Wednesday starts a very busy period of provincial championship action for Banner county underage sides.