Month: March 2011

O’Callaghan’s Mills 0-13 – St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield 1-08 at Gurteen

TWO SIDES that are expected to be in the promotion race but it was the Mills who continued their hold over St Joseph’s with another narrow victory on Sunday. In truth, it was a relatively even-matched game that had all the rusty hallmarks of a competitive opener. However it was the Mills who finished the stronger to hold out for their third successive adult victory of the year, following on from the Under 21’s brace of wins. The winners were behind by the minimum at the break at 1-5 to 0-7, with Enda Lyons (right) scoring the St Joseph’s goal after making a cameo for the Clare footballers in Cusack Park earlier in the day.

St Joseph’s extended their lead directly after the break but far from securing the game, they tired and were not to score again in the run-in as the Mills gained momentum and eventually took both points. Incidentally both clubs could meet again in the Under 21B decider if the Mills and Doora/Barefield can get over the respective challenges of either Corofin or Clooney/Quin, and Ballyea in the last four

O’Callaghan’s Mills
John Cooney, Gerry Cooney, Conor Cooney, Sean O’Gorman, Damien Noonan,Adrian Donovan, Patrick Donnellan, Niall Donovan, John McGrath, Gary Neville, Declan Donovan, Jonathan Lyons, Fergus Donovan,Adrian Flaherty, James McMahon

Subs
Kevin O’Callaghan for Noonan,Aidan Fawl for Lyons, Brendan Hannon for Flaherty, Enda McNamara for N. Donovan

St Joseph’s Doora/ Barefield
Paul Madden, Gary Hassett, Marty Regan, Sean Flynn, Darragh O’Driscoll, Ken Kennedy,Alan O’Neill, Kevin Dilleen, Mark Hallinan, Niall DeLoughery, Noel Brodie, Ivor White, Enda Lyons, Damien Kennedy, Shane O’Connor

Subs
Michael Cullinan for Deloughery, Shane O’Grady for D. Kennedy

Referee
Ger Lyons (Ryan)

Tubber 1-15 – Tulla/Bodyke 1-15 at Ballyea

BALLYEA had bragging rights from the day before when they scored a comprehensive victory in the Under 21 B quarter-final, but in this Clare Cup game out Tubber showed their battling qualities when landing two injury time points to earn a deserved share of the spoils.

Deserved, because of the way Tubber rolled up their sleeves in the second half when finding themselves six points adrift to a Ballyea side that seemed to be motoring towards victory on their first day out.

The came was delicately poised at half-time with Ballyea armed with a 1-7 to 1-5 advantage after they had forged ahead early on thatnks to a Francie Neylon goal as early as the seventh minute.

Four points in a row in as many minutes between the 16th and 20th minutes from Paul Flanagan, Francie Neylon, Tony Griffin and Niall Deasy put the home side 1-5 to 0-3 clear but a Cyril Cunningham goal for Tubber in the 25th minute brought them back into the tie before the break.

Two Patrick O’Connor pointed frees to bring his tally for the half to four in response to two from play by Tony Griffin, who also hit four in the half, left the game delicately poised on the turnover.

However, Ballyea’s fast start with points from Tony Griffin, Niall Deasey (2) and Francis O’Reilly inside five minutes of the re-start put them 1-11 to 1-5 ahead and in control.

But, it was as good as it got for Ballyea, as a mini-collapse helped Tubber gain a foothold once more, so much so that points over the nest 20 minutes the north Clare side outscored the home side by 0-8 to 0-2 to bring the sides back level.

Patrick O’Connor was the scorerin-chief with five more points from placed balls, while Cyril Cunningham, Jack Neylon, Cyril Cunningham and Mark Earlie chipped in with points from play.

With the sides locked at 1-13 apiece all was to play for but Ballyea recovered their composure to hit the front again by two thanks to points from Tony Griffin and Gearóid O’Connell, only for Tubber to get their reward with points in the 63rd and 65th minutes from Jack Neylon and Patrick O’Connor respectively.

Ballyea
Shane O’Neill, Eamon Griffin, Kevin Sheehan, David Sheehan, Niall Keane, Paddy O’Connell, James Murphy, Paul Flanagan (0-2), Francis O’Reilly (0-1), Gearóid O’Connell (0-1),Alan Carrigg, Niall Deasey (0-2), Declan Keane,Tony Griffin (0-8), Francie Neylon (1-1).

Sub
Frankie Griffin for Keane.

Tubber
RonanTaaffe, Gerard Brohan, Eoin Ruane, John O’Connor,Tommy Lee, Conor Earlie (0-1), Mark Earlie, Patrick O’Connor (0-8), Clive Earlie (0-2), David O’Donoghue, Barry O’Connor, Jack Neylon (0-2), Blaine Earlie (0-1), Shane O’Connor, Cyril Cunningham(1-1).

Subs
Justin McMahon for Brohan, Fergal O’Grady for Lee, Nigel O’Donoghue for Blaine Earlie.

Man of the Match
Tony Griffin (Ballyea) Referee Fergie McDonagh (St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield)

Crusheen 1-20 – Whitegate 0-10 at Crusheen

COUNTY senior champions Crusheen coasted to victory in their season opener against 2009 intermediate champions Whitegate, enjoying a 13point victory in the end as they eased their way into competitive fare in a most decisive fashion.

However, that such a scoreline should come to pass would have been scarcely believable in the early stages of the second half as Crusheen found themselves very much under the cosh.

They had led at half-time by 0-9 to 0-6 when playing with the breeze and hill – it didn’t seem to be enough, something that was hammered home on the resumption when Whitegate hit the ground running when playing with the prevailing elements.

Michael Dooley, George Waterstone and Ian Fahy flashed over points and suddenly the sides were level – more than that, the force was most definitely with Whitegate as they sensed what would have been a very notable scalp.

However, that it wasn’t to be was hammered in the closing 25 minutes as they rolled up their sleeves and proceeded to show just why they’re county champions, blitzing the east Clare men for 1-10 without reply.

What at a turnaround, from a first 35 minutes in which Whitegate had more than held their own. Paddy Vaughan was in great form from places balls throughout the game, starting in the first half, while Conor O’Donnell, Joey Meaney, Gerry O’Grady and Alan Touhy also chipped in with scores.

Whitegate kept in touch with three George Waterstone frees as well as points form play by Michael O’Brien, Ian Fahy and Brendan Bugler, while their fast start to the second half should have teed them up to gather the two points.

Crusheen, however, had other ideas, with Paddy Vaughan imperious from placed balls as he brought his tally for the hour to 0-10, while Sean Dillon was influential when moving out to midfield.

A purple patch of 1-10, with the goal coming from sub Conor O’Loughlin in the 48th minute sealed Whitegate’s fate as Crusheen threw down an early marker to all pretenders, while the scoring return of their bench told of their strength in depth on the day – the subs accounted for 1-3 on the day.

Crusheen
Donal Tuohy, John Brigdale, Cronan Dillon, Alan Brigdale, Cathal Dillon, Ian Dillon, Ciaran O’Doherty,Tony Meaney, PaddyVaughan (0-10, 1f), Joe Meaney (0-2), Sean Dillon (0-1), David Forde (0-1), Conor O’Donnell (0-1), Gerry O’Grady (0-1),AlanTuohy (0-1).

Subs
Paddy O’Grady (0-1) for Tuohy Conor O’Loughlin (1-0) for Conor O’Donnell, Gearóid O’Donnell (0-2) Tony Meaney.

Whitegate
AndrewFahy,Tomas McNamara, John Bugler, Cathal Mulvihill, Jason Malone, Brendan Bugler, Patrick Minogue, Ian Fahy, Shane O’Rourke, Stephen Malone, John Minogue, Michael O’Brien, Gary McClaren, GeorgeWaterstone, Michael Dooley.

Sub
John O’Brien for O’Rourke

Man of the Match
Paddy Vaughan (Crusheen) Referee Johnny Healy (Smith O’Briens)

Inagh/Kilnamona 1-15 – Newmarket-on-Fergus 1-12 at Fr Murphy Memorial Park, Newmarket

THE SURPRISE of the opening round as Inagh/Kilnamona travelled to Newmarket and came away with both points on Sunday. It’s seven years since Newmarket had been beaten in the opening round of the Clare Cup but having blazed an early trail in recent years before the flames went out in the business end of the season, perhaps it isn’t such a bad thing to gradually get into their stride as the Clare Cup develops this year.

In truth, while it was always close, Inagh/Kilnamona did appear much sharper on the ball throughout, although it was Newmarket who drew first blood when Enda Kelly received a pass on the overlap to grab the opening goal of the game. With Colin Ryan sustaining an injury the previous day while on county senior duty, his influence, especially on the scoreboard, was missed and Inagh/ Kilnamona capitalised when a backto-front move led to a well worked goal for Conor Tierney on their way to a 1-9 to 1-6 interval advantage.

The second half was equally as tight but with Inagh/Kilnamona leading by three in injury-time, Newmarket were awarded a penalty with what was to prove the last puck of the game. County senior James McInerney stepped up but substitute Stephen Toomey was equal to his effort and it was enough to give his side the perfect start to the season.

Inagh/ Kilnamona

Patrick Kelly, Milo Keane, Ronan O’Looney, Dermot Lynch, Damien Lafferty, Eamon Glynn, Colm Pilkington, Gary Lafferty, EoinVaughan,Tomás Kelly, Dermot Gannon, HaulieVaughan, Niall Arthur, Gerry Arthur, Conor Tierney

Subs
Shane Griffin for H.Vaughan, Sean McConigley for E.Vaughan, StephenToomey for Gannon

Newmarket- on- Fergus
Kieran Devitt, Eoin McInerney, Stephen Kelly, Padraig Kilmartin, Eoin O’Brien, Shane O’Brien, Alan Barrett, Martin O’Hanlon, Enda Barrett, Jim McInerney, David Barrett, Eoin Hayes, James Liddy, James McInerney, Enda Kelly

Subs
Darren O’Connor for O’Hanlon, Ronan McCormack for J. Liddy

Referee
KevinWalsh (WolfeTones)

Sixmilebridge 1-17 – Clooney-Quin 2-10 at O’Garney Park, Sixmilebridge

DEFENDING champions Sixmilebridge extended their Clare Cup unbeaten run to eight games on Sunday when accounting for neighbours Clooney/Quin on home soil.

It wasn’t the demolition of last year when the ‘Bridge ran out comfortable 5-19 to 1-12 victors but the ‘Bridge always appeared more likely to take the points after finish ing both halves strongly.

Indeed, the holders were 0-4 to 0-1 clear inside the opening ten minutes, with debutant Tony Carmody getting off the mark. However, they were soon on the backfoot following a Fergal Lynch point and a goal from Cathal Egan who was perfectly positioned to take advantage of a Brian Shally lineball that rebounded back off the post.

Far from panicking however, Sixmilebridge simply brushed aside that set-back and finished the half the stronger with points from David O’Connor and Caimin Morey before Danny Morey raised the green flag to give the home side a welcome 1-10 to 1-05 half-time advantage.

An early fighback from the visitors yielded a three point haul for Mike Daffy, Cathal Egan and Brian Shally but Sixmilebridge soon got back into their stride and built up a nine point lead by the 55th minute.

Clooney/Quin never gave up the ghost though and hit an unanswered 1-2 late on with county senior Fergal Lynch grabbing the goal through a 20 metre free. But it was all too little too late as Sixmilebridge had enough in the tank to prevail and maintain their unbeaten run that now stretches back over 10 months.

Sixmilebridge
Derek Fahy,Tadgh Keogh,Aidan Quilligan, Ray McNamara, Barry O’Connor, Caimin Morey (0-2 1f),Trevor Purcell, Paul Fitzpatrick, Shane Golden, David O’Connor (0-2), Niall Gilligan (0-3 1f),Tony Carmody (0-1), Danny Morey (1-1), Brian Culbert (0-4), Declan Morey (0-2)

Subs
Tommy Morey for Golden (35 mins), Pa Sheehan (0-2 1s/l) for Fitzpatrick (39 mins), Eoin Quinn for McNamara (55 mins).

Clooney- Quin
Damien O’Halloran, Joe O’Loughlin, Conor Harrison, Shane McNamara, Mike McNamara, Sean Conheady, Enda Harrison, Brian Shally (0-3 2f, 1’65), Martin Duggan, Padraig Ward (0-1), Fergal Lynch (1-1, 1-0f), Mike Daffy (04), Ronan Gallagher, Cathal Egan (1-1), Derek Ryan.

Subs
John Earls for Ryan (HT),Adrian Fleming for Gallagher (HT)

Referee
Johnnie Healy (Smith O’Brien’s).

CLARE will face the Kilkenny youths in this year’s Interleague Youths Cup semi-final in Kilkenny on Sunday and The Cla re People

KILKENNY will be favourites to beat Clare in Sunday’s Inter-League Youths semi-final, but Banner boss Mike Moloney says that travelling to the Marble City holds no fears.

And why not! Clare go into the game on the back of a hugely impressive 5-1 demolition of Galway in the quarter-final. Galway were defending champions before being shot down in Tulla’s Cragg. Now for more of the same in Kilkenny.

“Maybe some people feel the quarter-final win came out of the blue,” says Moloney, “but it was a game we prepared well for. It was a reflection of the work that the lads have done.

“We had a trial run in Tulla at the end of November against Galway when we came out of it with a draw. That gave us the confidence to compete. We felt we had worked hard in the intervening time. We didn’t see a 5-1 coming, but we knew we’d be good enough if we got the breaks on the day. It’s a matter of seeing if we can do it again and reach the final.”

It won’t be for the want of preparation. Preparation has been a byword for this group of players, not just this year but over a number of years as Moloney deflects praise by pointing to the job of journeywork being undertaken at grassroots and underage level in the county.

“We have 12 or 13 games under our belts between competitive and friendly games. That’s the type of volume of games you need if you’re going to build up something with a group of players that would only have known about playing against each other,” he says.

“There is a certain amount of experience of them being involved in emerging talent development squads from under 11 to under 16. We have been trying to develop that and build a relationship and spirit.

“We can take confidence from the fact that we know we have prepared well. We can also take confidence from the performance against Galway. In that sense we are going down there with confidence, but we’re not under any illusions about what we’re going to face.

“It’s a reflection of the work the clubs are putting in at underage level, thanks to improved facilities. There is great unseen work going on there.

“It’s also a reflection on the work that Denis Hynes is doing with the Emerging Talent Programme. They are now going into a structure whereby they taken from under 11 right up to under 16. You’d expect that there’d be a decent group of players coming through,” Moloney adds.

It’s this infrastructure that will see a confident Clare make the long journey. Quietly confident like they were against Galway the last day out.

“The sense is that when you get to a semi-final of a national competition, that there aren’t any poor sides left. Kilkenny have won the four games they’ve played so far. I had a chance to look at them when they played South Tipp about six weeks ago. I was very impressed – the speed of the game, how quickly they moved it, how they played a lot of ball to feet. We know we’re in for a hell of a game.

“The fact that we have to travel adds a little bit extra. I would see that as something we have a chance to build off. The travelling is an additional thing you factor in as being part of the day – that can be a good thing, for guys to meet early in the day, get on the bus, stop along the way, get all your preparations right and just arrive their in the right frame of mind to put in a good performance.”

CLARE ARE now top of the Division 3 table after six rounds and will play second placed Fermanagh in the final round on Saturday at a Clare venue at 4.45pm.

Clare were disappointed at the news on Sunday morning of a walk over from Longford. Longford are bottom of the table without any points and are scheduled to travel to Limerick for the final round on Sunday.

With the top four teams contesting the finals on April 16/17 Clare’s most likely opponents for their most important game to date this year will be either Down, Wicklow or Leitrim.

The two teams that qualify for the final will be promoted to Division 2 so in reality the importance of the semi-final exceeds that of the final.

Clare and Fermanagh last met in Croke Park in the TG4 All Ireland Intermediate Final in September 2009 while in that same campaign Clare travelled to Fermanagh to play them in the group stages with victory going to Clare on both of these occasion’s.

Much has changed in both campaigns with some players leaving and more players joining both county panels since then.

Regardless of the outcome on Saturday both sides are through to the semi-finals so maybe the respective managements may use the opportunity to try out some fringe players.

Woodstock Golf Club
Winter League Round 5 Results 1 James Carmody 304pts 2 Nick Germaine 303pts 3 George Smith 302pts 4 John O’Connor 299pts 4 Aidrian Kearney 299pts 4 Noel Mulcahy 299pts Sun Singles 1 Brendan McMahon 16 43pts 2 Pat Keane 11 43pts Next weekends competition is Winter League round 6. Club Singles Stableford

Dromoland Results
Stableford Competition Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th 1 Niall Geraghty 40pts 2 Dermot O’Neill 40pts 3 Jimmy McManus 39pts This weekend sees the start of our Diary Competitions. 18 Hole stableford competition with re-entry, all members welcome.

Kilkee Golf Club
Spring LeagueWeek 4 Results 1 P Harte 13 37pts WinningTeamB

B Harte, L Mullane, GReidy,T Carr, C Clancy MDaly – 127pts

Ennis Golf Club
Mens Scotch Foursomes. Sat. & Sun. March 26th & 27th. 1st Niall Howard & Garry Duggan 62.5Nett. 2ndWalter OBrien & Mat Molyneaux 63.Nett. 3rd Ian Myatt & Sean Myatt. 64 Nett. 4th Pat Murphy & Darragh Murphy. 64.5Nett. Dr. Rodgers Shield. 25th March 1st Michael Kenny, Michael Culliney,Matt Flynn & Sean Ryan 96Pts. 2nd Ger Hanrahan, Bren A Considine, Charlie McEnery & Eamon Kelly. 94Pts. 3rd Pierce Cahill, Ger Bredin, Andy Cregan & JimJ Casey. 94Pts. THE FOLLOWING are asked to attend for U15 Trials on Friday evening in Shannon Camogie Field at 7.15pm; Lisa O’Donoghue (Whitegate) Keli Nugent, Maedbh Kavanagh, Rachel Maloney, Caoimhe O’Gorman, Ellen O’Brien (Scariff), Edel Reidy, Susan

Williams, Celine McCormack, Hay- ley Nolan, Zoe McInerney, Chloe Donoghue (Wolfe Tones) Sinéad Collins, Aoife Forde, Amy O’Brien (Corofin), Shauna Ryan, Hannah O’Brien (Clooney-Quin) Sláine Carey, Deanna Considine, Laura Murray, Eimear Donnellan (Sixmilebridge), Alice Acers, Lisa McGrath, Aine Duggan, Siobhan Tuohy, Stacey Wright (Feakle), Leighanne Mc- Mahon, Amy Kennedy (Kilmaley), Ellen Culloo, Aisling Hunt, Emily Maloney (Tulla), Aine O’Shea (Ballyea), Claire Taffe, Amy McArthur (Killanena), Laura Commane (Inagh), Lauren O’Donoghue (Ruan), Siobhan Fahey (Truagh-Clonlara). Further details from Orla Considine on 087 2417355. St Senans R FC 20 Cobh Pirat es R FC 10 ST Senan’s ensured they will be playing Junior 1 rugby again next year as they were victorious in this bottom of the table clash with Cobh on a score line of 20-10. It was Senan’s who made the first break through with some good power play from their pack that made way for Brian Collins to claim the first try of the game. The conversion by Declan Collins was struck well and opened up a 7-0 lead for the home side. The game continued at a frantic pace from the restart with both sides making errors and neither side being able to take control, Senans lead was short lived when on 20 minutes Cobh crossed the try line and leveled the scores at 7-7.

A penalty after 27 minutes was easily converted and gave the visitors a 10-7 lead at half time.

Senan’s started the second half well and this pressure was rewarded 10 minutes into the half when Ronan O’Callaghan ran in for Senan’s second try. Declan Collins was on target with the kick. Senan’s led 14-10.

Senans kept the pressure on the visitors and when the ball was presented back to Declan Collins in front of Cobh’s goals he extended Senans lead to 17-10 with a well struck drop goal after 30 minutes.

Cobh tried hard to breach Senans defence but they were not able to break through and it was Senans who had the last score of the match deep in extra time when Ger McNamara converted a penalty.

MEETING at 6.30 in the morning is typically a burden for most. This however was not the case last Saturday morning for the Ennis RFC under 11’s. All 47 travelling players were at the meeting point well in advance of the coach leaving. Indeed this set the tone for the day.

For most this was their inaugural Rugby Tour. The excitement was palpable. We were bringing 3 teams to play in one of the country’s premier Mini Rugby Festivals in Willow Park with some 55 teams battling it out, on 14 pitches. This includes top school sides from Dublin, and representatives from the four provinces.

We duly arrived for registration at 9.30 and were ready to go at 10.30 for our first games. In the morning our teams were pitched against Wexford and Boyne in the A section (each played twice), and two further teams against De la Salle, Willow Park, St Michaels and Castlepark, Willow Park and Aravon in the B section of the competition.

This indeed was a very competitive and tough tournament with outstanding displays from all teams. The Festival itself does not determine overall winners yet encourages participation in a competitive environment.

The afternoon series of matches saw Ennis against St Marys, Tullamore and Colraine in the A section, Corinthians, Ul Bohs, Willow Pk and Barnhall, St Mary’s and Rahaelty in the B section.

All in all we played 19 matches re- cording 11 victories and two draws. This was a very impressive return during the day, and reflects the high level of expectation set by this bunch of players and coaches, and indeed the progress made this year. Amongst these victories there were numerous outstanding displays with Ronan Lannigan (top try scorer), Liam Wall, Ross O Flaherty, Tom O Brien, Morgan Garry, Turlough Barrett, Oisin Mangan, Frank Roche and Ben O Donnell deserving special mention.

Events continued in the National Aquatic Centre after and those of us that expected a quiet bus on the return to Ennis were deeply mistaken. A true rugby tour with plenty of fun, laughter.

A great day was had by all and the coaching body want to thank the parents for their support in this event with many driving to Dublin to support the event. This is a significant endorsement for all involved.

Ennis teams (pictured below)
LiamWall, Conall Bolger, Ross OFlaherty, Lorchan Clancy, Barry Neylon, JP Neville, Shane Brennan, Roan Lannigan, Ben Ryan, Frank Roche, Cathal Lennon, Sean Andreasson, Mike Reid, Joe Spellisey, Eanna ODonaghue Paul Tuohy, Eldon Nolan, EoghanWallace, Ben ODonnell, Eoin Martin, Ulick OSullivan,TomO Brien, Kevin Reynolds, Marc Barry, StephenTalty, Zak McDonagh,Turlough Barrett, CaimanWhelan, Luke Griffey, Dylan Myhill Eliaz Kunz, James Nugent, Eoin Clancy, Stepehn Dolan, Darragh Slattery, Oisin Mangan, Josseph Connaughton, David McNamara, Gerard Kavanagh, Morgan Garry, PhilipTalty,Aidan Jordan, Shane Vaughan, EvanToomey, HarryTalty

NIALL MALONE and Diarmaid Nash are into the All-Ireland Intermediate Doubles final after victory in their All-Ireland Intermediate Doubles semi-final on Sunday. The Tuamgraney pair, playing in their home court, eventually won through on a 21-19, 21-19 score after Roscommon duo Chris Doolin and Niall McGrath put up a strong challenge.

The Clare pair will play Kilkenny’s Nicholas Anthony and Brian Manogue in the All-Ireland final on the weekend of April 2/3 while Nash is still also in the hunt for the Intermediate Singles title. He takes on Mayoman Stephen Cooney in Claremorris this Sunday in the All-Ireland semifinal. Cooney is himself an accomplished handballer and Nash will have it all to do to keep his bid for an Intermediate All-Ireland double alive.

John Cawley plays his re-arranged All-Ireland Golden Masters B Singles semi-final against Galway’s Denis Phelan in Shannon on Wednesday night. Shannon is also the venue for an All-Ireland semi-final doubleheader this Saturday.

The Loughnane sisters Paula and Sarah take on Ciara and Clodagh McMenamin in Ladies Junior B Doubles while Cathal Hannon plays the Junior singles semi-final against Roscommon man Denis Creaton.

This weekend also sees the All-Ireland juvenile finals take place. Clare are involved in no less than seven finals and the action takes place in Roscommon Saturday and Sunday and in Crinkle on Saturday. FINALS WEEKEND Saturday 2nd April 2011, in Crinkle, Offaly, at1pm: GU15D: Natasha Coughlan/Michelle Nihill (Clare) v Aisling Maher/Denise Love (Kilkenny) GU17D: Hannah OBrien/Aine Mc Inerny [Clare] v Lauren Barcoe/Mary Buggy (Kilkenny) BU14D: Fergal Coughlan/Jamie Keane (Clare) v Seamus Sinnott/Ben O’Shea (Wexford) BU14S: Brian Fahy (Clare) v Daniel Curry (Wicklow) Sunday,April 3, in St Coman’s, Roscommon, starts 1.30pm: BU15D: Jacob Loughnane/Ciaran Cooney (Clare) v Evan Sheridan/Dylan Sheridan (Meath) BU16D: Niall Bolton/Colin Corbett [Clare] v Patrick McCrory/Pol Clarke (Tyrone) BU16S: Colin Crehan [Clare] v Darren Doherty (Monaghan)