Four games are down for decision in the Junior A hurling championship this weekend.
In Group 1, St. Joseph's Doora/Barefield will meet Eire Og at Ruan on Saturday. Both sides suffered defeats last time out and will look to return to winning ways. Barefield are expected to include the likes of Colm Hayes, Leo Duggan, Patsy Fahy and Eoin Conroy in their side while for Eire Og, Kevin Hally, Noel Murphy, Brian Dolan and Philip Walshe will be challenging for places in their line-up.
Inagh-Kilnamona play O'Callaghan's Mills in Newmarket also on Saturday with the Combo expected to just about have enough. Key for the Combo are Stephen Toomey, Enda McGuane, Damien O'Shaughnessy and Brian Arthur. For the Mills, Derek Canny, Alan McMahon, Noel Nash and John McGrath will be key to their cause.
The Group 2 fixtures see Crusheen face Cratloe at Shannon and Scariff up against Newmarket-on-Fergus in Tulla with both matches on Saturday. Crusheen will be expected to see off Cratloe with players likely to shape the game in the form of Niall and Brendan McMahon, Diarmuid O'Doherty and Trevor Corbett (Crusheen) along with Kevin Browne, Brian McInerney, David O'Gorman and Paul Conroy (Cratloe). Elsewhere, Newmarket with Anthony Kilmartin, Ger Hannon, Brian McMahon and Neil Ryan in their ranks will be expected to see off the Scariff challenge. Sean and Damien O'Grady, Matthew Horan and Brian Harte will be in the east Clare side Tweet

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