NEW Limerick senior hurling team manager Dave Keane and his selectors Dave Punch and John Meskell are delighted that the long-serving Stephen Donogh and Ciaran Carey, as well as Joe Quaid, have pledged themselves for another 12 months at least.

NEW Limerick hurling manager Dave Keane faces the prospect of just one home Allianz League game in 2003, against Derry.