Collins names unchanged Clare side
Clare manager Colm Collins has named an unchanged team for Sunday’s crunch tie with Cork.
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Dublin loss ‘tough to take’ but Collins immensely proud of ‘top-class’ Clare effort
*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.
Clare left frustrated after ‘moving day’ but must learn harsh lessons
*Cathal O’Connor’s absence in the middle of the field was telling in the dying moments. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IN HIS FIRST column of 2023, Ger Keane analyses how Clare’s footballers let a six point lead slip against Kildare to fall to back to back defeats in the Allianz National Football League.
Clare footballers pay the price for letting lead slip against Kildare
*Captain Eoin Cleary in possession for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S SENIOR FOOTBALLERS have suffered a successive defeat in the Allianz NFL, letting a six point lead slip.
Meath put four goals past Clare in first league defeat
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CONCEDING FOUR GOALS accelerated Clare’s downfall as the county footballers found themselves unable to put back to back wins together.
Eimear branches out to raise funds for historic African tree planting initiative
*Eimear Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare Senior Camogie star Eimear Kelly is among 50 inter-county players that flew out to Kenya on Friday as part of the Plant the Planet Games fundraiser.
Brilliant Ballyea back in Clare SHC final
*Mossy Gavin scored 0-06 for the winners. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill 14 man Ballyea powered through to their fourth Clare Senior Hurling Championshp Final in seven seasons after keeping familiar rivals Cratloe at arm’s length in Cusack Park Ennis on Saturday afternoon.
‘Games hinge on goal-chances & we didn’t take ours’ – Collins rues Cratloe misses
*Colm Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill MISSED GOAL chances in the opening half were earmarked by Cratloe senior football boss Colm Collins as key reasons for their exit in the Clare SFC on Saturday.
Clinical Kilmurry Ibrickane overcome Cratloe to seal semi-final place
KILMURRY IBRICKANE are back in the Clare SFC semi-finals for the seventh successive season.
Cratloe Rian supreme in battle of blues
*Cathal McInerney controls the sliotar ahead of Colin Ryan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill It had to take a late brace of goals to finally rubber-stamp Cratloe’s first semi-final appearance in three years following a deserved derby victory over Newmarket-on-Fergus in Cusack Park on Saturday afternoon.
