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By Seamus Hayes, sports editor. Clare 5-18, Waterford 0-20 WITH just one round to play in the 2014 group stage of the Allianz Hurling League, Clare sit on top of division 1 A and are safely through to the play-offs. A 13 point win over Waterford at Cusack Park has sent the Bannermen through to the quarter finals and ensured that they will not be involved in the relegation play off to determine who will drop down to division 1 B for next season. Scoring 4-14 without reply in a blistering twenty five minute spell in the opening half against Waterford, the All-Ireland champions left Waterford reeling when the teams clashed before an attendance of 7, 352 at the Clare headquarters. With All-Ireland heroes Shane O’Donnell, Podge Collins and Domhnaill O’Donovan in superb form, Waterford had no answers to Clare’s play in that opening period at the end of which the Bannermen were 4-15 to 0-4 in front. The game …
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