Clare will play with more freedom, Donal Moloney hints

Newly appointed Clare joint-manager Donal Moloney has hinted at a return to the uninhibited style of hurling which delivered the county three consecutive All-Ireland U21 titles.

Moloney and Gerry O’Connor were ratified as the county’s new senior hurling managers on Tuesday evening and Moloney said their favoured approach is the open, free-flowing brand employed by the successful minor and U21 teams they oversaw between 2010 and 2014.

“From our perspective, we got huge satisfaction from how the minors and U21s played and the style in which they played. We appreciate senior is a different level and the freedom you get at U21 level may not be as available at senior. Our philosophy would certainly be along the lines of the style we played at U21 level,” Moloney told Clare FM.