Clare SHC: Cratloe and Sixmilebridge book semi-final spots 

The pair have contested 12 county finals since 2009, so the fact that both booked their places in the last four of the Clare SHC came as no surprise

SHARPSHOOTER: Podge Collins was on the scoresheet for Cratloe. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Between them, the neighbours of Cratloe and Sixmilebridge have contested 12 county finals since 2009, so the fact that both booked their places in the last four of the Clare SHC came as no surprise on Saturday as the knockout stages of the Banner’s blue riband began.

And, they did so with relative ease as the pedigree that has made them so formidable and consistent over the past decade and more came to the surface as they eased past the challenges of Newmarket-on-Fergus and Wolfe Tones respectively.