Injury-hit Limerick need win tonight

LIMERICK manager Noel O’Connor will extend a warm welcome to his American brethren when Oran Weldrick and Conor Molan return from a summer sabbatical in the USA in time for the start of the League Championship next week.

Limerick, still nursing outside hopes of making the final of the first division League Cup competition, face the final test of the round robin stage tonight against Athlone Town with a squad reeling from an unprecedented run of injuries and suspension.

Manager O'Connor is certain to be without two who begin a two-game suspension this weekend Pat Purcell and Frank Browne. And no fewer than five other players are nursing injuries.