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2020 EirGrid GAA Football Under 20 Munster Championship Quarter-Final – Clare 3-14 Waterford 0-6

Name: 2020 EirGrid GAA Football Under 20 Munster Championship Quarter-Final – Clare 3-14 Waterford 0-6
Start: 2020-02-20T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2020-02-20T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Miltown-Malbay

February 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Clare defeated Waterford by 3-14 to 0-6 in the EirGrid GAA Football Under 20 Munster Championship Quarter-Final on Thursday February 20th at Hennessy Memorial Park Miltown Malbay.

U20 Football: McInerney and Meehan earn Clare last-four Cork clash https://t.co/kMI9pxIvvJ

— Irish Examiner Sport (@ExaminerSport) February 20, 2020

U20 Football: McInerney and Meehan earn Clare last-four Cork clash

Report By Páraic McMahon for the Irish Examiner newspaper

Clare 3-14 – 0-6 Waterford

Deferred by 24 hours due to poor weather conditions, Clare were not deterred by the delay with attackers Mark McInerney and Shane Meehan on song for the Banner with 3-7 between them as they secured a home last four clash with Cork.

Crucially Waterford failed to capitalise on the strong wind at their advantage in the opening half. The visitors did showcase their strength in the air but struggled to maintain momentum when attempting to put attacks together and only amassed a single point from play over the hour.

On the other-hand, Clare did miss chances but their solid half-back line of Daniel Walsh, county senior panellist Cillian Rouine and captain Sean Conway proved helpful in serving as a launchpad for attacks.

Mark McInerney, son of Clare’s last Munster SFC winning captain Francis had three points on the board inside the opening eighteen minutes. Rathgormack’s James Power and freetaker Aaron Ryan kept the Déise to within a point.

Rising star Shane Meehan goaled on twenty three minutes. Emmet McMahon put the ball in the path of McInerney who fed Meehan and the teenager jinked right and left before sticking the ball in the bottom right corner David Daniels’ net.

Ryan added two more frees for Gavin Whelan’s charges only for Diarmuid O’Donnell to ensure Clare held a 1-05 0-04 advantage as Jonathan Hayes blew the half-time whistle just as a shower of rain was descending on West Clare.

Straight from the throw-in, Clare gave an indication of what was to come with Shane Meehan netting for the second time, just twelve seconds into the second half. It was all one way traffic for the remainder of the half with a cross-field pass from Daniel Walsh teeing up Mark McInerney who goaled on fifty one minutes.

Two late Niall McSweeney frees plus the dismissal of Clare substitute Morgan Garry came too late in the contest to make a difference and resulted in a very long journey home for the men from Waterford.

Scorers for Clare: S Meehan (2-02 2f), M McInerney (1-05 4f), D O’Donnell (0-03), E McMahon (0-02), M Garry (0-01), E Thynne (0-01).

Scorers for Waterford: A Ryan (0-03 3f), N McSweeney (0-02 2f), J Power (0-01)

CLARE: T O’Brien; M Doherty, M Murray, C McMahon; D Walsh, C Rouine, S Conway; O Looney, E Rouine; J Murphy, E McMahon, T Clancy, D O’Donnell, S Meehan, M McInerney.
Subs: M Garry for T Clancy (38), E Thynne for E Rouine (44), G D’Auria for Conway (47), C McDonagh for O’Donnell (54), S Sheehan for McInerney (57).

WATERFORD: D Daniels; C Foley, S Boyce, K Taylor, L Fennell, R Stringer, S Cronin; J Devine, T Walsh; J Power, A Ryan, S Fitzgerald; J Walsh, O McAllister, J Keane.
Subs: N McSweeney for Taylor (HT), R Elliffe for Cronin (41), L Motherway for Keane (53), J Fitzgerald for Boyce (53), K Crawford for Walsh (55).

Referee: Jonathan Hayes (Limerick)

Shane Meehan netted two goals as @GaaClare defeated @WaterfordGAA in the EirGrid @MunsterGAA Under 20 Championship #GAA

— The GAA (@officialgaa) February 20, 2020

Team News

CLARE U20s (v Waterford): Tom O’Brien (Doora Barefield); Manus Doherty (Eire Óg), Micheál Murray (Miltown), Ciarán McMahon (Ennistymon); Daniel Walsh (Kilmurry Ibrickane), Cillian Rouine (Ennistymon), Seán Conway (Doonbeg, captain); Oisín Looney (Miltown), Eoin Rouine (Ennistymon); John Murphy (Ennistymon), Emmet McMahon (Kildysart), Thomas Clancy (O’Curry’s); Diarmuid O’Donnell (Kildysart), Shane Meehan (Banner), Mark McInerney (Eire Óg).

The Waterford U20 Football Team to play Clare Wednesday night at 7pm in the Miltown Malbay has been named..!⤵️

Best of luck to Gavin Whelan, his management team and all the panel!#deiseabú #support ⚪️🔵https://t.co/0eLA3OJ2fO pic.twitter.com/nNmeYfi4Zs

— Waterford GAA (@WaterfordGAA) February 17, 2020

WATERFORD U20s (v Clare): Davy Daniels (Gaultier); Colin Foley (Ballinacourty, joint-captain), Sean Boyce (The Nire), Keelan Taylor (St Saviour’s); Liam Fennell (Stradbally, joint-captain), Reece Stringer (Colligan), Seamus Cronin (Ardmore); Tom Walsh (Rathgormack), John Devine (Modeligo); Sam Fitzgerald (Clashmore/Kinsalebeg), Aaron Ryan (The Nire), Jack Keane (Ardmore); James Walsh (Kilgobinet), Oliver McAllister (Butlerstown), Niall McSweeney (Gaultier).
Subs: Seanie McGrath (Dungarvan), Liam Motherway (Shamrocks), Naoise Mac Cathmhaoil (Ferrybank), Kieran Crawford (Shamrocks), Ronan Elliffe (Rathgormack), James Power (Rathgormack), Josh Veale (Brickey Rangers), Eoin Power (Kilrossanty), Jack Fitzgerald (Gaultier), Sean Hahessy (Rathgormack), Kieran Guiry (Rathgormack), Ciarán Keating (Ardmore).