*Dermot Coughlan and Ciaran Downes battle to win possession for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A ONE POINT win kicked off Clare’s Division 3 bid in the Allianz National Football League, we take a closer look at how Mark Fitzgerald’s players performed over the course of the clash against Sligo.
*Ronan Lanigan reaches highest to claim the ball. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior footballers have kicked off their Division 3 Allianz National League campaign with a hard-fought one point win over Sligo.
*Kevin McInerney battles with Darren O’Neill. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill DOONBEG ARE bracing themselves for “a massive battle” as they bid to take down county champions Éire Óg in order to keep their season alive.
*Ciaran Russell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. HISTORY MAY beckon for Éire Óg but for now everyone involved with their senior footballs is paying little credence to the annals of time.
*Clare’s Podge Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S INVOLVEMENT in the 2023 All-Ireland SFC drew to a close on Saturday evening in Longford with a gallant first half showing from Colm Collins’ men coming undone in the third quarter.
*Ronan Lanigan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TWO CHANGES have been made to the Clare senior football team which welcome Donegal to Ennis on Saturday.
*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.
*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 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.
*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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