Kieran Shannon: Clare were dominant, in control, cruising. Until they weren't
In previous games, Clare could merely be accused of missing, rather than blowing, glorious opportunities to beat Limerick. Here they hugely, unmistakably, blew it.
SMASH AND GRAB: Limerick’s Sean Finn, Diarmaid Byrnes and Declan Hannon with Peter Duggan, David Reidy and Shane O’Donnell of Clare. Pic: James Crombie, Inpho
The story here should be Limerick, shouldn’t it? How this joins the list alongside their comebacks against Galway and Kilkenny in Croker last year, and underlines yet again that this crew are never beaten; that champions die hard and like vampires you’ve to put a stake in their hearts to finally see them off and all that.
But it isn’t, is it?
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