Anthony Daly: Right now, Limerick and Clare are hurling's top dogs

Ennis was hopping before and after the game and the match lived up to its billing and the expectation that preceded it

WHEN I look back on my Clare career, the one day I’ll always remember – even though we were beaten – was the 1996 Munster semi-final against Limerick. The match was an epic but I can still remember Ger Loughnane’s speech to us in the bus before we entered the Gaelic Grounds.

As we turned down past the old Davin Arms, where the road was wedged with people on a scorcher of a day, Loughnane told us to look out and cherish what we were about to live. ‘When we heard from our fathers and grandfathers about what the Munster championship really means, this is it.’