VETERAN Limerick senior hurlers Damien Reale and Donie Ryan will not be involved in new manager John Allen’s plans for next season as they have announced their retirement from the inter-county game.

CLONMEL head the field in Munster Junior League Division One after they collected maximum points with a 28-0 away win over Kilfeacle.

Limerick 4-12 Clare 2-13

Gavin O'Mahoney will captain the Limerick team from full-back in tomorrow's Allianz Hurling League Division 2 final at Cusack Park (throw-in 6.30pm).

THE final round of games in the two top divisions of the Allianz Hurling League this weekend and plenty still to play for.

Limerick 1-24 Kerry 1-09

NIALL MORAN recalls a November afternoon from 2008. He took an Árd Scoil Rís team to Tipperary Town that day for a Dean Ryan Cupsemi-final against Blackwater CS.

LIMERICK’S unblemished record in their new environs of Division 2 of the Allianz NHL was maintained at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday and they remain on course for the lucrative rewards of promotion and a final placing.

Limerick 1-18 Laois 0-16

Down 2-11 Limerick 1-25, Portaferry

THE FIRST job Donal O’Grady had to complete when appointed Limerick hurling manager was to dim the public’s horizon and minimise the expectation within the squad, and anyone who attended Saturday’s Allianz National league Division Two encounter with Westmeath won’t need much more convincing that O’Grady’s ‘Limerick project’ is very much in its foetal stages.

Limerick 1-20 Westmeath 0-15

CHAMPIONS Adare got off to a winning start in their bid for a four in-a-row in the Limerick senior hurling championship.

Cork 1-20 Limerick 2-16

NIALL MORAN scored nine points but it was Seanie O’Connor’s goal just before half time that eventually proved decisive and put Ahane back into the Limerick Live 95FM county SHC final for the first time in four years.

CHAMPIONS Adare remain on track to retain their Limerick SHC title after receiving a big scare from divisional side Western Gaels in Newcastlewest on Saturday.

ALL-IRELAND SHC THIRD PHASE QUALIFIER: LIMERICK 0-18 OFFALY 3-19

Limerick 3-23 Laois 2-11

Tyrone footballer Brian Dooher and Limerick hurler Ollie Moran have been chosen as the recipients of the Opel Gaelic Player of the Month awards for June.

Mike Fitzgerald, Brian Begley and Sean O'Connor are the three new inclusions in the Limerick team to face Tipperary in Sunday's second Munster SHC semi-final replay, Gaelic Grounds, throw-in 3.30pm.

LIMERICK have made three changes — one at midfield and two up front for next Sunday’s Munster SHC third semi-final clash with Tipperary at the Gaelic Grounds.

Limerick 1-24 Tipperary 2-21, Semple Stadium (aet)

Limerick and Tipperary meet again in the Munster Hurling semi-final replay at Semple Stadium at 7pm this evening.

Pat Tobin, Limerick's goal-scoring hero in last weekend's drawn game, has been promoted to the Shannonsiders' starting team for Saturday's Munster SHC semi-final replay against Tipperary (Semple Stadium, throw-in 7pm).

Limerick and Tipperary will have to replay their Munster semi-final tie following a thrilling draw at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

Limerick 1-19 Tipperary 1-19

Brian Geary and Mark O'Riordan have emerged as injury doubts for Limerick's Munster SHC semi-final against Tipperary on Sunday week.

Limerick 3-15 Laois 1-13, Nenagh

The Dublin hurlers' bandwagon rolled on at the Gaelic Grounds as they maintained their unbeaten record in NHL Division 1B.

Having played there during last month's Waterford Crystal Cup, Stephen Lucey will continue to man the full-back role for Limerick's hurlers as they get their National League campaign up and running against Tipperary on Sunday (Nenagh, throw-in 2.30pm).

Cork 0-19 Limerick 0-18