Limerick put down a marker

Limerick 2-14

"We came here to win, not by a few points, but to put down a marker. Everyone was saying when we had beaten Cork that we wouldn't do it again. We had seen other flops, and we didn't want to do that," he said.

And how. True, they struggled for much of the first-half of this Munster SFC semi-final at Cusack Park, Ennis before breaking free of Clare's game, but limited, challenge. Thus unshackled, they unfurled a dazzling display of intelligent positional play, well-used brawn, and outstanding athleticism.