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Munster Senior Hurling Championship Round 5 Clare 1-24 Tipperary 0-24 It’s Clare and Limerick in the Munster Senior Hurling Final for a third successive year after Clare completed a merited final group win over Tipperary in Semple Stadium, writes Eoin Brennan. Having never won in Thurles before 2018, Clare recorded their third straight victory in a row over the Premier on their own home patch, soaring as much as eight clear by the turn of the final quarter. In the end, Brian Lohan’s side did make harder work of it than entirely necessary but on the flip side, never looked like losing the whip hand at any stage in what was Clare’s first clean sheet of the campaign. Level six times by the 38th minute, Clare, now backed by the conditons, upped the ante considerably as led by inspirational performances from key protagonists Shane O’Donnell, John Conlon and Cathal Malone, the visitors hit 1-5 without reply to swung the pendulum …

Munster Minor Phase 1 Football Championship Final Tipperary v Clare at Mick Neville Park Rathkeale, Tuesday 7pm (Eoghan Ó Muircheartaigh, Kerry) Having already secured not only a Munster Semi-Final place against either Cork or Kerry along with a place in the new tiered All-Ireland series, one would think that the Clare minors may not have their full focus on this Tuesday’s Phase 1 Final against Tipperary. However, nothing could be further from the truth according to manager Dermot Coughlan, who despite being beaten by the Premier last time out in their group decider in Quilty, is gunning for a first Daryl Darcy Cup success in five years. “We’re well aware of Tipperary’s qualities and how good they are but then again how many Clare football captains get to lift a championship cup? I mean bar a few Daryl Darcy’s, you’re probably going back to 1992 [Munster Senior title] so this is a great opportunity for these lads. “It’s a championship …

Munster Under 20 Football Championship Phase 2 Round 2 Tipperary 1-10 Clare 0-07 Clare finally exited the Munster Under 20 Football Championship but not without a fight as they went toe-to-toe with hosts Tipperary in Ardfinnan. In what was a winner-takes-all showdown to keep their slender final hopes alive, the neighbours produced a tense encounter that saw only a kick of the ball between the sides for the majority. Indeed, despite Tipperary continually shooting themselves in the foot in front of the posts in a wind-assisted second period, only a goal separated the sides by the hour mark before a 14 man Clare finally had to succumb to three injury-time points from Tipprary substitutes Daithi Hogan (2) and Paddy O’Keeffe. While the result was fully merited, Clare can be much more satisfied with their performance than seven days earlier when merely attempting to contain holders Kerry in Quilty. Michael Neylon’s side were far more combative as they effectively disrupted Tipperary’s …

All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie Championship Final Clare 3-7 Tipperary 1-9 Clare created history in Croke Park when soaring to a first ever All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie title with their second team. 15 years after Clare’s flagship side finally made their junior breakthrough after a series of heartbreaking final reverses, this time the Banner completed a perfect debut when recovering from a shaky start to dominate the middle third of the contest, writes Eoin Brennan. Captain Sinead O’Keeffe, Ellen Casey, Niamh Mulqueen, Labhaoise O’Donnell, Jennifer Daly and exciting minor Caoimhe Cahill were the Banner’s inspirational leaders especially when under pressure early on. After all, things certainly didn’t appear to be going according to plan when an exceedingly nervy start almost ruled Clare out of contention before they could even get out of the blocks. Uncharacteristically for such a mature team throughout their journey to Croke Park, the Banner’s touch, composure and even common sense seemed to have evaporated for the opening …

CLARE will return to the TUS Gaelic Grounds as they face Dublin this Saturday in their crunch All Ireland quarter final showdown, writes Ivan Smyth. Brian Lohan’s side will take on Dublin the quarter-final on Saturday at 4pm in the first game of a double header with Galway facing Tipperary at 6.15pm. This will be the third Championship game this year Clare will play at the Ennis Road venue. The Banner beat Limerick in the round robin stage of the Munster Championship by a single point before losing out by the same margin in the decider. This will be Clare’s first game since that Munster final defeat as they try and secure successive semi final appearances and set up a rematch against Kilkenny. Dublin reached this stage of the competition after finishing third in the Leinster Championship. They trailed Joe McDonagh Cup winners Carlow by a point at half time in their Preliminary Quarter Final clash last weekend before powering …

Munster Under 20 hurling semi-final Clare 3-17 – Tipperary 0-17 A dramatic Munster under-20 hurling semi-final in Semple Stadium saw Clare secure a place in the final next Monday night against Cork with a storming last quarter showing against home side Tipperary. Central to the win was (2-7) from play and frees by Keith Smyth as David Kennedy had the first-half goal. It was honours even at the interval with Clare thankful for a David Kennedy 9th-minute goal that he got past Jason O’ Dwyer at the second attempt. For the remainder of the half it was Clare who edged ahead on a number of occasions before Tipperary scored 6 out of 7 scores to edge two clear after 25 minutes. Clare finished the stronger with three points from four the final five minutes to level (1-8) to (0-11) before the break. In the second half Tipperary threatened greatly on the Clare goal but did not score an all-important goal. …

Munster Minor Hurling Championship Final Tipperary 1-22 Clare 0-25 Heartbreak for Clare in their brave Munster Minor Final bid as Tipperary were the more clinical side in a historic penalty shoot-out to dramatically garner their first provincial crown in four years in the TUS Gaelic Grounds on Wednesday evening, writes Eoin Brennan. Following a thrilling end-to-end 80 minute showdown that was level on no fewer than eleven occasions, Clare were the ones to force extra-time with virtually the last puck while it was Tipperary that ensured that a first ever penalty contest would decide the Munster honours. Tipperary scored all three while Clare failed to hit the target in what was another devastating penalty showing to add to the senior footballers’ provincial woes less than a fortnight ago against Limerick. In contrast to the opening tie between the sides, it was Tipperary, despite facing into the conditions, that had the better of the opening stages as Damien Corbett’s guiding frees …

Munster Senior Hurling Championship Round 2 Clare 3-21 Tipperary 2-16 CLARE thundered into the Munster Senior Hurling Championship to blitz hosts Tipperary and open up the door of possibility in Semple Stadium, Thurles this afternoon, writes Eoin Brennan. With both sides craving a victory for differing reasons, three first half Banner goals with the aid of the conditions through Ian Galvin, Peter Duggan and Tony Kelly carved out a 13 point interval cushion that would effectively end Tipperary’s championship hopes, only a full week into the new campaign. The return of Peter Duggan and Shane O’Donnell were pivotal ingredients to detonating the first championship upset as the Clooney-Quin talisman had a direct hand in all three goals while the latter was a huge source of inspiration throughout. Those star performances took some of the attention on top scorer Tony Kelly who finished with 1-7 while John Conlon, Rory Hayes, Diarmuid Ryan and debutant Robin Mounsey were others to excel in …