Ikem Ugweru nets stunning goal to record first ever Championship score

David Clifford may have dominated the headlines, but for Clare fans, Ikem Ugweru was very nearly the star of the show.

Picking the ball up well outside the 45-metre line, the half-back drove at the Kerry defence, threw a couple of lovely dummies and finished with a gorgeous drop-kick to raise the roof in Ennis with his first ever score in the Championship. He said previously: “That kind of sunk in when I did it in 2021 in the Covid year. I was like, ‘wow, I am the first one,’ I take great honour in that - being the first black male to play for Clare.

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