*Clare coach Brendan Bugler with Conor Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BOTH Clare and Cork have “come on a long way” since their meeting in the Munster championship earlier this year.
*Clare selector, Ken Ralph. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KEN RALPH made a prediction in April that the team to overcome Cork would win the All-Ireland senior hurling championship.
*David Fitzgerald gets away from Luke Meade. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE supporters unable to make the trip to Croke Park for the All-Ireland SHC final will be able to watch the game on a big screen that is to be erected on the Fair Green in Ennis.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A TECHNICAL GLITCH allowed members of some GAA clubs in Clare to purchase more tickets than they were allocated for the All-Ireland senior hurling final and others were left with half the amount that they had been earmarked for.
*Clare supporters in Croke Park. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WITH the scramble for All-Ireland senior hurling final tickets well and truly underway, a technical glitch has emerged.
*Tony Kelly gets away from Walter Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE CAPTAIN Tony Kelly never felt that Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final game was gone from them.
*Ryan Taylor offloads the ball under pressure from David Blanchfield. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NOT ALONE was Ryan Taylor’s return a huge boost for him, his family and Clare supporters but it was also a turning point in the game in helping his county qualify for the All-Ireland senior hurling final.
*Clare senior hurling manager, Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE manager, Brian Lohan says there is a feeling that their year was only starting after beating Wexford in the All-Ireland SHC quarter-final while he pointed out beating Kilkenny in the National Hurling League final was a huge help in overcoming the Cats in Saturday’s All-Ireland …
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*PwC GAA/GPA Player of the Month for June in hurling, Shane O’Donnell of Clare, with his award at PwC offices in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile FRESH from playing a leading role in Clare’s return to the All-Ireland SHC final, Shane O’Donnell has been named as the hurler of the month for June.
*Ian Galvin gets away from Richie Reid. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE “won all the battles,” Kilkenny manager Derek Lyng pointed out while reflecting on Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final.
