Dubs low as pain of defeat hits hard

ANTHONY DALY has known days like this, as a player and manager with his beloved Clare.

And, he has been on the wrong side of results against Limerick, most notably as All-Ireland champions in the 1996 Munster semi-final. So, to see his brave Dublin team lose in Semple Stadium yesterday and to endure the pain of defeat was not an unfamiliar feeling.

“They are all low,’’ he responded, admitting that 10 minutes after the final whistle it was hard to reconcile going out of the championship with all that had been achieved over the season.