Duals help take the crown

Limerick 1-9 Clare 1-6

Also a day of terribly poor football in near-perfect conditions, especially for this time of year, a day when the side that was clearly inferior almost from first ball to last were only denied victory by a goalkeeping error from one of their few impressive players on the day.

That error was probably the most ironic event of all; all game a tame Limerick attack had been dropping powder-puff balls into the arms of Dermot O’Brien in the Clare goals.