*Colm Collins congratulates his Kerry counterpart Jack O’Connor at the final whistle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE were the “architects of our own destruction” in the Munster football final, manager Colm Collins has stated.
*Podge Collins on the attack for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill HE SACRIFICED his honeymoon to line out with Clare’s senior footballers as they booked their passage to the Munster final and All-Ireland SFC and Podge Collins said it was worth it to qualify for a first provincial decider with the county’s footballers.
*Jamie Malone under pressure from Brian Donovan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill “When you’ve got something to prove there’s nothing greater than a challenge” – Terry Bradshaw.
*Clare’s Ciaran Russell in action against Limerick’s Jim Liston. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S SENIOR FOOTBALLERS have qualified for the Munster final, for the first time since 2012.
*Darren O’Neill. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill DARREN O’NEILL replaces Cathal O’Connor on the Clare team to take on Limerick in the Munster SFC semi-final this Saturday.
*Clare senior football manager, Colm Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THE WATER BREAK, The Clare Echo’s vodcast (video/podcast) returns for a fourth series.
*Clare midfielder Darragh Bohannon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The Clare senior footballers finished their league campaign with a flourish after a comprehensive and confidence boosting victory against near neighbours Limerick, in Cusack Park last Sunday.
*Keelan Sexton. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ON SUNDAY in Owenbeg the Clare senior footballers suffered defeat at the hands of Derry, one of the in-form teams in the country, consigning them to Division 3 for the first time since 2016.
Clare manager Colm Collins has named an unchanged team for Sunday’s crunch tie with Cork.
*Jamie Malone is tackled by James McCarthy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THEY MATCHED DUBLIN for all of Saturday’s National Football League tie and led by six points with fifteen minutes remaining but Colm Collins and the Clare footballers were gutted to leave Croke Park with no points to show for their efforts.