Injury rules Shane O’Donnell out of Clare league campaign

Shane O’Donnell is expected to be out of action for a month after sustaining a foot injury. It is believed he picked up the setback in last Sunday’s Division 1B win over Limerick in Ennis.

Clare’s 2013 All-Ireland final replay hero, who has captained the team in co-skippers’ Cian Dillon and Tony Kelly’s absences this spring, won’t be available for tomorrow week’s Division 1 quarter-final against Tipperary and is unlikely to play any further part in the league should the Division 1B victors progress in Cusack Park.

O’Donnell’s absence, coupled with David McInerney's back injury this past week, would bring to seven the number of players sidelined from the team that started against Cork in last year’s All-Ireland qualifier defeat — Jack Browne (leg), Shane Golden (back), Kelly (ankle), Seadna Morey (hips), and Colin Ryan (honeymoon) being the other five.