Two changes for Clare footballers with Lanigan & O’Dea given starting spots
*Ronan Lanigan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TWO CHANGES have been made to the Clare senior football team which welcome Donegal to Ennis on Saturday.
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‘We were the architects of our own destruction’ – Collins disappointed as Clare fail to show up in Munster final
*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.
Doherty & Brennan expected to be passed fit for Clare footballers
*Manus Doherty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill DEFENDERS CILLIAN BRENNAN and Manus Doherty are expected to be passed fit to line out for Clare’s senior footballers in Sunday’s Munster football final.
Dean Ryan’s return a further boost for Éire Óg
*Dean Ryan kicking a point for Clare. Photograph: Martin Connolly ÉIRE ÓG’s bid to win three Clare SFC titles in a row has been strengthened by the return of Dean Ryan to the club.
Siege mentality must return if Clare footballers are to remain in Division 2
*Stephen Ryan brings the ball away from goal. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WHILE the siege mentality that we expected from Clare at the weekend never materialised, the Banner’s footballers will need to find their proven resilience and defiance over the final two rounds of the Allianz National Football League if they are to have any hope …
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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 fall agonisingly short against Dublin
*Dermot Coughlan was one of Clare’s top performers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior footballers came agonisingly close to recording one of the results of the year against the kingpins of Dublin.
Russell returns as Clare ready themselves for The Dubs
*Clare’s Ciaran Russell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CIARAN RUSSELL is to make his first start of the year for Clare’s senior footballers this weekend.
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.
Cooney & Bohannon in for injured Sexton & O’Neill on Clare football team
*Gavin Cooney is back in the Clare team. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill INJURIES HAVE forced Colm Collins to make two changes to the Clare senior football team this weekend.
