'We want to try and win as many matches as possible and that’s what we’ll be doing'

[team1]Clare[/team1][score1]1-27[/score1][team2]Carlow [/team2][score2]0-14 [/score2][/score]

It’s not that Clare’s opening salvo in this year’s National League was a box-ticking exercise, but as soon as the final whistle sounded to signal this facile 16-point victory it’s safe to say that everyone of a saffron and blue hue was moving towards next Sunday’s mouth-watering clash with Wexford.