Meaney makes Clare team in only change for Down game
*Connor Meaney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. PETER Keane and his management team have made one change to the Clare side for Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC first round game in Group 3.
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‘We conceded 3-1 from turnovers’ – Curtin rues simple & silly Clare mistakes
*Joe O’Connor and Brian McNamara battle for possession. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. BASIC ERRORS were Clare’s undoing in their eleven point Munster final loss to Kerry, coach Eoin Curtin believed.
Mix of disappointment & encouragement for Peter Keane following Clare’s Munster final loss to Kerry
*Clare senior football manager, Peter Keane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE manager Peter Keane has said there is a mix of disappointment and encouragement following their eleven point Munster final loss to Kerry.
Kerry crush Clare’s dreams of Munster success to win provincial title number eighty six
*Keelan Sexton takes on Tony Brosnan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE have been comprehensively beaten by Kerry in the Munster senior football final.
Football connections between Clare & Kerry run deep
*David Clifford takes on Manus Doherty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s interest in Kerry football is almost as old as the Gaelic Athletic Association itself.
Jim Marrinan typifying Clare’s motto in his own unique way
*Jim Marrinan preparing the Clare kit van. FIRST into the dressing room and last out of it, in his own way long-serving Clare football kit man Jim Marrinan is putting a unique spin on the county’s crest.
‘We’re opening doors’ – Keane praises Clare for kicking on but stresses goal chances must be taken
*Clare senior football manager, Peter Keane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TIMING of Clare’s goals was central to booking a place in the Munster senior football final and setting up a showdown with Kerry for former Kingdom manager Peter Keane.
McInerney dedicates man of the match display to late Dylan White
*Mark McInerney celebrates scoring a goal for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FRESH from producing a man of the match display for Clare’s footballers, Mark McInerney dedicated the Munster semi-final win to the late Dylan White.
Clare footballers through to Munster final for third year running
*Alan Sweeney leads the charge for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior footballers are through to the Munster final for the third year running after overcoming Tipperary in a drab semi-final.
New rules, new management but Sweeney serving as a constant fixture in Clare defence
*Clare defender Alan Sweeney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. BETWEEN management, the backroom team and rules there’s a lot of newness regarding Clare football but wing-back Alan Sweeney is remaining a constant amidst the changes.