PLAYER RATINGS: Further All Star contenders emerge from Munster Final showdown
*All photographs by Gerard O’Neill & Joe Buckley Clare’s first Munster SHC final appearance since 2018 despite the outcome was a memorable occasion.
*All photographs by Gerard O’Neill & Joe Buckley Clare’s first Munster SHC final appearance since 2018 despite the outcome was a memorable occasion.
*Clare senior hurling manager, Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill DISAPPOINTMENT WAS VISIBLE to see across the face of Brian Lohan in the wake of Clare’s dramatic extra-time Munster final defeat to Limerick.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A PULSATING MUNSTER FINAL pitting the Shannonside rivals of Clare and Limerick against each other went the way of the Treaty County following an epic encounter.
*Eibhear Quilligan and Seamus Flanagan will cross paths again. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill STARTING TEAMS for Sunday’s Munster SHC final have been named.
*John Conlon. Photograph: Martin Connolly John Conlon will line out in Sunday’s Munster Senior Hurling Final as part of an elite band of hurlers to have played 50 championship matches for their county.
Whether Aaron Gillane or Tony Kelly strikes form will be crucial to determining who wins the Munster senior hurling championship, Richie Bennis has predicted.
This week, many of us are casting our minds back just over a fortnight to a cracker of a game and the best contest Clare have been involved in some years.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, Cusack Park served up a thrilling Munster Championship encounter between Limerick and Clare with a draw confirming both sides will meet again in the Munster final.
*Ian Galvin returns to the Clare team. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BRIAN LOHAN has made six changes to the Clare senior hurling team for Sunday’s Munster SHC final round robin tie with Waterford.
*The Waterford match is a chance to give Shane O’Donnell more game-time. Photograph: Shane O’Donnell This week’s clash with Waterford has a somewhat hollow feeling for Clare supporters. Having safely progressed along with Limerick to a Munster Final last week, Clare are left with very little to play against Waterford. There is an opportunity for …
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