Limerick ‘must kill off games’

IF Limerick footballers are to make any meaningful impression on this year’s All-Ireland championship they must learn to kill off games, according to defender Stephen Lavin.

After storming into a seven-point lead against Roscommon in Sunday’s NFL opener, they took their foot off the pedal and were fortunate to survive for a three-point victory.

Said Lavin: “we were on a hiding to nothing going into the game. There was new management in and we were without a couple of key players through injury and hurling commitments. It was important, therefore, to get the campaign off to a winning start, but if there was one lesson we can take from the game it’s this: we must learn to kill off the opposition when we get the chance.