Clare learn a lot despite narrow defeat by Cork

Cork 1-13, Clare 0-15

“We learnt a lot from it,” said Kennedy. “Obviously, the fact that we only scored six of our points from play would be of concern to us, but we have a few problems in attack which we hope to remedy before the Limerick semi-final.”

For Cork, it was crucial to get their championship campaign back on track with a win. Coach Larry Tompkins said: “We needed to produce a decent performance and I knew from the mood in the camp the lads were up for this game. It gave them the chance to prove themselves against a team still in the Munster Championship. Losing to Limerick in the manner in which we did was a kick in the backside for all of us and, hopefully, we can go on from here tonight.”