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2013 Clare county hurling team season

The 2013 season was Davy Fitzgerald's second year as manager of the Clare senior hurling team. Clare went on to win their fourth All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship after a 5–16 to 3–16 win against Cork in the final on 28 September.

2013 squad

2013 Waterford Crystal Cup

Clare faced defending champions Tipperary in the final under lights in Thurles on 9 February, with Clare winning by 1–21 to 1–13.[1][2][3]

Quarter-final
O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Referee: J Sexton (Cork)
Semi-final
Sixmilebridge
Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)
Final
Semple Stadium
Referee: G O’Connell (Cork)

2013 National Hurling League

On 14 April, Clare defeated Cork by two points after extra-time in the League Division 1A relegation playoff to retain their league status in division 1.[4]Speaking after the game manager Davy Fitzgerald said "It’s a good win, we beat Cork in a relegation play-off – that’s it, we’re not going to get carried away by it, we won’t beat the likes of Waterford with so many wides. Cork could just as easily have won that game, we know there’s still a long road to go."[5][6]

Results

Division 1A

  NHL semi-finals  Relegated team

2013 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Munster Quarter-final
Semple Stadium
Attendance: 12,103
Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)
Munster Semi-final
Gaelic Grounds
Attendance: 19,054
Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Qualifiers Phase 2
Cusack Park
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: C Lyons (Cork)
Qualifiers Phase 3
Semple Stadium
Attendance: 17,235
Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)
All-Ireland Quarter-final
Semple Stadium
Attendance: 33,383
Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)
All-Ireland Semi-final
Croke Park
Attendance: 62,962
Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

All-Ireland Final Drawn Game

Clare got the opening score of the third minute with a point from Darach Honan. and were ahead by 012 to 0–10 at half time. After 40 minutes Conor Lehane scored the opening goal of the same with a shot past the goalkeeper from the right and into the net to make the score 1–10 to 0–14. Cork got a second goal in the 57th minute when goalkeeper Anthony Nash hit a 20-yard free to the net after Luke O'Farrell had been fouled. With seven minutes left on the clock, Cork captain Patrick Cronin hit a shot to the top left corner of the net to level the game.[7]Patrick Horgan looked to have won it for Cork with a point in the last minute.[8]Added on time of two minutes was already up when Clare right-back Domhnall O'Donovan received the ball out on the left before hitting the ball over the bar just as he was tacked to tie up the match.[9]The referee blew the final whistle after 2 minutes and 38 seconds to bring the match to a replay three weeks later.[10][11][12]

Final
Croke Park
Attendance: 81,651
Referee: Brian Gavin (Offaly)

All-Ireland Final Replay

John Conlon got the opening score of the game, a point in the second minute. A hat-trick of goals in the 6th, 14th and 19th minutes at the hill 16 end from late call-up Shane O'Donnell put Clare on the way to a four-point lead of 3–9 to 1–11 at half time. Anthony Nash had blasted a 20-metre free past 12 Clare players on the line for a goal that brought Cork back to within three points in the 16th minute.[13]Clare then led by eight points but Cork had drawn level, 1–16 to 3–10, by the 52nd minute. With 18 minutes left the scores were level at 1–16 to 3-10 and they were level again with ten minutes left when Séamus Harnedy scored with a low shot to the net to make the score 2–16 to 3–13. In the 61st minute, Clare's Conor McGrath ran at goals and fired the ball high to the left corner of the net for Clare's fourth goal. Darach Honan, who came on as a second-half substitute got Clare's fifth goal in the 71st minute after he received the ball on the right and managed to get as far as the Cork goals before pushing the ball past the goalkeeper with the ball rolling over the line.[14][15][16][17][18][19]

Final Replay
Croke Park
Attendance: 82,276
Referee: James McGrath (Westmeath)

Awards

The nominations for the 2013 GAA-GPA Hurling All-Stars were announced on 2 October with Clare receiving thirteen nominations.[20][21]Cian Dillon and Patrick O’Connor were the only Clare players not nominated.[22]The final team selection was made on 6 November before the team being presented with their awards two days later at a banquet at Croke Park. Clare's won eight places on the All-Stars team with David McInerney, Brendan Bugler, Pat Donnellan, Colm Galvin, Conor Ryan, Tony Kelly, Pádraic Collins and Conor McGrath all winning awards.[23][24]

[25]Clare had two of the three nominations for the GPA Hurler of the Year, Tony Kelly and Pádraic Collins of Clare. All three nominations for the GPA Young Hurler of the Year were from Clare, Tony Kelly, Pádraic Collins, and David McInerney from Clare.[26][27][28]

Tony Kelly was named Young Hurler of the Year and Hurler of the Year for 2013 at the All Stars award ceremony on 8 November at Croke Park.[29][30]

DVD release

On 29 November, a behind-the-scenes documentary on the Clare hurling team during 2013 called Behind the Banner was released.[31][32][33][34]

Team holiday

An 80-strong party of Clare hurlers, their partners and officials flew out in early January 2014 for a 10-day end of year holiday taking in Boston, Cancun in Mexico and New York.[35]

References

  1. ^ "Clare 1-21 Tipperary 1-13". GAA.ie. 9 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Waterford Crystal final on Saturday". Hogan Stand. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Clare 1-21 Tipperary 1-13". thescore.ie. 9 February 2013. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Clare win out in relegation final after extra-time". The Score. 14 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Clare 0-31 Cork 2-23". Munster GAA. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Clare 0-31 Cork 2-23". RTÉ Sport. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Clare 0-25 3-16 Cork". BBC Sport. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Cork and Clare must meet again". Hogan Stand. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Cork 3-16 Clare 0-25". Munster GAA. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  10. ^ "Cork annoyed, but Gavin's 38 extra seconds were justified". Irish Examiner. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  11. ^ "Epic final ends with honours even between Clare and Cork". Belfast Telegraph. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  12. ^ "As it happened: Cork v Clare, All-Ireland senior hurling final". The Score. 9 September 2013. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  13. ^ "Clare win eight-goal thriller". Breaking News. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  14. ^ "brilliant Banner prevail in classic". Hogan Stand. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  15. ^ "How the game was won". Irish Independent. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  16. ^ "All-Ireland Hurling Final Replay minute by minute". Irish Independent. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  17. ^ "Clare claim a game borrowed from the gods". Irish Examiner. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  18. ^ "Clare bridge 16-year gap after Shane O'Donnell becomes hat-trick hero". Irish Independent. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  19. ^ "O'Donnell's dream day fires Clare to victory". The Score. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original on 1 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  20. ^ "Clare lead the way in GAA GPA Hurling All-Stars". Irish Independent. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  21. ^ "All Star post-mortems begin". Irish Examiner. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  22. ^ "Deegan bemused by Dillon and O'Connor omission". Irish Examiner. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  23. ^ "Eight Clare men claim hurling All-Stars". Irish Examiner. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  24. ^ "Martin Breheny: Stars align to leave big guns in shadows". Irish Independent. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  25. ^ "Banner dominate All Star hurling nominations". Hogan Stand. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  26. ^ "2013 GAA GPA Hurling All Star Nominations". GAA.ie. 2 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  27. ^ "13 Clare players nominated for 2013 GAA/GPA hurling Allstars". The Score. 2 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  28. ^ "Banner flying high as Tribesmen and Tipp overlooked for All Star awards". Irish Independent. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  29. ^ "Kelly: hype won't get to Banner". Hogan Stand. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  30. ^ "Tony Kelly wins Hurler and Young Hurler of the Year awards". The Score. 8 November 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  31. ^ "Check out this brilliant promo for the Behind the Banner DVD". The Score. 27 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  32. ^ "14 things we learned from the Clare hurlers 'Behind The Banner' DVD". MSN.com. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  33. ^ "Cracking the Banner's enigma code". Irish Independent. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  34. ^ "14 things we learned from the Clare hurlers 'Behind The Banner' DVD". The 42. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  35. ^ "Lynch joins Banner back-room team". Irish Independent. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.

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