*Clare captain Eoghan Gunning. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE have won the Munster U20 hurling championship for the first time since 2014, defeating Tipperary following a dramatic penalty shootout.
*Joe Casey. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DEFENDERS Jamie Moylan and Joe Casey are the chief injury concerns for Clare’s U20 hurlers for Wednesday’s Munster final.
*Robert Loftus charges out of defence for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’S U20 hurlers have shown tremendous character in their run to a Munster final but they are now determined to claim silverware as reward for their efforts.
*Marco Cleary scores a goal for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’S U20 hurlers have qualified for a third Munster final in four years, reversing last week’s defeat to Cork to overturn the Rebels in their own backyard.
*Clare’s Ronan Kilroy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. Clare’s luck agonisingly ran out at the death in a superb wrestle for supremacy with hosts Cork on Wednesday evening but Terence Fahy’s side won’t be too perturbed as they get an immediate shot at redemption against the same opposition at the same venue next Wednesday evening (7.35pm) for …
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*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s U20 hurlers are looking “more threatening” while management for the first time in this year’s championship have opted against any changes as the side bid for a fourth successive victory.
*Ronan Kilroy on the attack for Clare’s U20 hurlers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. RONAN KILROY’s leadership has been lauded having made his senior championship debut and setting the way for the county U20 hurlers following a very difficult month.
*Clare’s Ryan Hayes gathers possession. Even Harry Houdini himself would have conceded that Clare’s U20 hurlers are the masters of escapology after saving their greatest turnaround to dramatically sink hosts Tipperary.
*Clare wing back Matthew O’Halloran. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. RECORDING home victories in successive outings is a huge plus for the Clare U20 hurlers as they head on the road for the remainder of the championship.
*Captain Eoghan Gunning excelled in defence for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’S U20 hurlers have recorded successive wins in the Munster championship, making hard work of it yet again but getting over the line nonetheless.