Banner in a flap as doughty Dubs refuse to throw in the towel

THERE were welcome signs of a Dublin hurling renaissance at Cusack Park, Ennis yesterday, even though Humphrey Kelleher's charges narrowly failed to overhaul Clare in an entertaining Allianz NHL Division 1 A contest.

Clare 3-13 Dublin 2-13

Amazingly, Dublin have never won a competitive game on Clare soil and they certainly didn't look like altering that statistic when they fell nine points in arrears at the start of the second-half. But Dublin refused to throw in the towel and came agonisingly close to snatching a draw at the death.