Kieran Shannon: Make no mistake, Clare v Limerick is now Munster hurling's biggest rivalry
It makes it now official: Clare are the side who have the best record against John Kiely. They’re now the only county to beat him three times in championship
TOTAL EFFORT: Clare's David Fitzgerald tries to block an effort from Limerick's Seamus Flanagan at the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday. Clare now have the best record against John Kiely's side. Pic: Inpho/Bryan Keane
A few still obviously still exist though they’re a dying breed: the pessimistic Limerick supporter.
Last Saturday night when Aaron Shanagher plucked a ball from the sky and defiantly smashed the ball over the bar to put Clare four points up entering injury time, the Limerick man beside us on the city end terrace of the Gaelic Grounds muttered under his breath, turned and made his way to the exits, almost if it was a defeat from the unlimited heartbreak years and decades.
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