A replay will be required to separate holders Cratloe and Kilmurry Ibrickane in the Clare SFC final after the sides finished level today.

The Cusack Park scoreboard read Cratloe 1-9, Kilmurry Ibrickane 0-12 at the end of an exciting sixty minutes plus of action.

Cathal McInerney finished as Cratloe's top scorer with 1-5 and it was his stoppage time point that rescued a draw for his team.

His green flag arrived in the 19th minute but the challengers replied with four unanswered points and they enjoyed a slender 0-8 to 1-4 advantage at the break.

At the opposite end of the field, Keelan Sexton, who sent over five points, was in fine form for Kilmurry Ibrickane but they were caught on the line.

Cratloe - P DeLoughrey; S Chaplin, B Duggan, A McFadden; M Murphy, M Hawes, L Markham; C Ryan (0-1), J Galvin; S McHugh, S Collins, C Cooney; C McInerney (1-5, 0-3f), P Collins (0-1), D Collins (0-1). Subs: E Boyce for A McFadden, S Hynan for C Cooney, S Gleeson (0-1) for S McHugh.

Kilmurry Ibrickane - I McInerney (0-2, 1f, 1'45); M Killeen, S Hickey (0-1), D Hickey; C Morrissey, M McMahon, D Sexton; M McCarthy, K King; M Hogan (0-1), M O'Dwyer, N Hickey (0-1); K Sexton (0-5, 2f), E Coughlan (0-1), D Callinan. Subs: N Downes (0-1) for N Hickey, S Moloney for M Hogan, P O'Dwyer for M McCarthy.

Referee - R Hickey.

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