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Brian Gavin: Limerick-Clare gave me a pang of hunger for the whistle

I was fortunate enough to referee a number of brilliant Munster games but I could only envy Colm Lyons as he took charge of a phenomenal game of hurling.
Brian Gavin: Limerick-Clare gave me a pang of hunger for the whistle

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER: Clare's David Fitzgerald and Seamus Flanagan of Limerick. Pic: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

Six years on from my last inter-county game, Saturday night’s clash in Limerick was the first time I was hit with a pang of hunger to be out on the pitch again.

I was fortunate enough to referee a number of brilliant Munster games but I could only envy Colm Lyons as he took charge of a phenomenal game of hurling. One that, in my opinion, surpassed the intensity and skill of last year’s two Clare-Limerick championship games.

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