‘We expected to do better but we didn’t’ – Lohan
*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.
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Tipperary leave Clare’s All-Ireland title defence hanging by a thread
*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.
Kelly returns to Clare team & O’Donnell listed among subs for first time 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.
Kelly in the frame for Clare return in crunch championship clash vs Tipp
*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.
Clare’s Munster tie with Tipp will be exclusive to streaming service GAA+
*Darragh Lohan under pressure from Seán Connellan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s next Munster senior hurling championship games will be aired only on the GAA’s streaming platform, GAA+.
Ryan Taylor reveling in ‘unbelievable Cusack Park championship clashes’
*Robert Downey chases Ryan Taylor. Photograph: Ruth Griffin MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIP games in Cusack Park are “unbelievable” and the encounters that Ryan Taylor most looks forward to all year.
The Water Break: Clare look to derail Cork’s hype train as championship begins in earnest
*Clare’s Mark Rodgers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CHAMPIONSHIP fever is about to grip the county with the All-Ireland hurling champions Clare beginning the defence of their title this Sunday when Cork come to Ennis.
Shane O’Donnell aiming to feature for Clare in championship
*Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. HURLER OF the year, Shane O’Donnell has confirmed that his recovery is ahead of schedule and he is hopeful of featuring for Clare in this year’s championship.
Lessons from the league: Don’t reach for panic button just yet as Clare hurlers can issue championship response
*Clare’s contingent of Tony Kelly, Patrick Crotty, Brian Lohan, Aidan McCarthy & Mark Rodgers. LEAGUE CHAMPIONS in 2024 to relegation to the second tier following the 2025 campaign represents a dramatic turnaround in fortunes for Clare’s senior hurlers.
Huge setback for Clare with O’Donnell to undergo surgery
CLARE’s senior hurlers have been dealt a massive blow with Shane O’Donnell to miss the remainder of the season.
