Bennis eyes silver lining to Shannonsiders’ new season

RICHIE BENNIS believes he is far better equipped to lead the Limerick hurlers to some silverware this year now that he has a full season under his belt as an inter-county manager.

The Patrickswell man first took over the county hurlers on a temporary basis in June 2006 after Joe McKenna resigned in the wake of a humiliating defeat to Clare in that summer’s Munster Championship.

Bennis’s impact was immediate, with Limerick defeating both Offaly and Dublin in subsequent qualifiers before succumbing to Cork by just one point in a controversial All-Ireland quarter-final.