Duty that requires clubs to go for forward’s skill (9)
I believe the answer is:
expertise
'skill' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Technical skill' mean 'expertise' so perhaps 'skill' could also mean 'expertise')
'duty that requires clubs to go for forward's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'forward' could be 'pert' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'pert' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
(Other definitions for expertise that I've seen before include "Pert sex, i.e. could become skilled knowledge" , "Craft" , "Technical skill" , "professionalism" , "Adroitness" .)