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Clare 0-04 – Wexford 2-14 at Piercestown, Wexford
CLARE SUFFERED a sizeable defeat at the hands of the All-Ireland champions Wexford on Saturday in Piercestown, Wexford. Taking on the current champions in both league and championship was always going to be a daunting task for Clare, whose problems were added to by the absence of key players Sinead Donovan, Siobhan Lafferty and Laura Linnane through injury. Wexford had the added impetus of this being their first opportunity of playing in front of a home crowd since their All-Ireland win last September, their two other games in the group having been away games. And they did not let their supporters down, treating them to a display befitting that of champions. Wexford won the toss and played with aid of a strong breeze through the first half, and by mid-way though the 30 minutes, had five points on the board, before Katrina Parrock goaled in the 22nd minute. Chloe Morey got Clare on the scoreboard with a pointed free in the 26th minute, before Parrock pointed again, leaving the half time score Wexford 1-6, Clare 0-1.
Clare were more determined and focused at the restart but with Wex- ford in scintillating form, it was always going to be a difficult task to contain them. Claire McMahon and Morey added a point each to Clare’s tally from frees but there was no stopping Wexford. Referee Karl O’Brien’s decision to not penalise Parrock for three catches, allowed her to raise her second green flag of the day, leaving the result in little doubt. McMahon pointed again from a free for Clare’s last score of the match in the 53rd minute. Wexford tacked on another four points before ref O’Brien called time on a game that was now shooting practise for Wexford, leaving the final score Wexford 2-14, Clare 0-4. Clare can take some consolation from the fact that this was their most cohesive performance to date in the league, but will realise that they need to improve before their Munster semi-final in four weeks time.
Wexford
Mags Darcy, Claire O’Connor, Catherine O’Loughlin, Ciara Storey, Lisa Bolger, Mary Leacy, Karen Atkinson, Michelle O’Leary, Deirdre Codd, Josie O’Dwyer (0-2), Una Leacy (02, 1’45), Brid Gordon (0-1), Lenny Holohan (0-1), Evelyn Quigley (0-1) Katrina Parrock (2-2)
Subs:
Ursula Jacob (0-2) for Una Leacy (inj), Kate Kelly (0-3) for Holohan
Clare
SusanVaughan (Ogonnelloe), Helen McMahon (Kilmaley), Kate Lynch (Kilkishen), Marion O’Brien (Ogonneloe), Chloe Morey (Sixmilebridge) (0-2f), Roisin McMahon (Newmarket-on-Fergus), Sinead O’Loughlin (Inagh), Ruth Kaiser (Newmarket-on-Fergus), Lisa Loughnane (Kilkishen), Deirdre Murphy (Clooney/ Quin), Sharon McMahon (Newmarket-on-Fergus), Claire McMahon (Kilmaley) (0-2f), Norah Murphy (Kilkishen), Fiona Lafferty (Kilnamona), Mairead Scanlon (Scariff)
Subs
Aimee McInerney (Newmarket-on-Fergus) for O’Loughlin (HT),AnneMarie Fitzgerald (Bodyke) for Mairead Scanlon (47 mins), Sinead O’Loughlin for Deirdre Murphy (56 mins, inj).
Player of the Game
Katrina Parrock (Wexford) Referee Karl O’Brien, Dublin