*Marco Cleary catches the sliotar above Mark Delaney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FIRST blood was decisively inflicted by a rampant Éire Óg who despite being rescued to 14 late on, overpowered Newmarket-on-Fergus to get an early head of steam in Clarecastle.
*Éire Óg’s Darren O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. QUARTER-FINALISTS for the last nine years, Éire Óg’s hurlers are eager to emulate the club’s football counterparts in their quest for championship glory.
*Clare senior hurling manager, Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THERE has been no communication with Clare’s senior hurling panel on the future of Brian Lohan as manager, one of the side’s star players has admitted.
*Shane O’Donnell in action for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TWO-TIME All-Ireland winner Shane O’Donnell has said retirements from the Clare camp are unlikely given the manner in which the county’s defence of the All-Ireland title panned out.
*David Reidy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. WITH A near full squad at their disposal for the first time this season, Éire Óg proved too strong for Whitegate in this RealPrint Division 2 hurling league semi-final played at the Ennis club’s grounds on Tuesday evening.
PICTURED: Mark Rodgers scored 1-08 for Clare. Photo by Ruth Griffin The curtain finally came down on Clare’s Munster Senior Hurling Championship campaign but not without a final sting in the tail after inflicting a first defeat on neighbours Limerick in the TUS Gaelic Grounds. Munster Senior Hurling Championship Round 5 Clare 3-20 Limerick 0-24 …
*Brian Lohan looks on during Saturday’s loss to Tipperary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE are “completely dependent” on other results to save their season, manager Brian Lohan has acknowledged.
*Eoghan Connolly fouls Ryan Taylor. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. CLARE’S All-Ireland title defence is hanging by a thread after a second championship defeat of the year and a seventh so far in 2025.
*Tony Kelly and Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TONY KELLY returns to the Clare team while Shane O’Donnell is listed among the substitutes for Saturday’s game with Tipperary.
*Clare captain, Tony Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE and Tipperary’s sixty first championship meeting is do or die as Saturday becomes a defining one so far as the 2025 season is concerned for both camps with some positive news emanating from the Banner camp in advance of the tie.