Royal appointment gives Limerick a chance to make amends

FOUR weeks on and that searing pain is struggling to go away. Limerick football has endured plenty of trauma during their 103-year search for a Munster title and the most recent provincial final setback hurt as much as anything that went before.

A turbo-charged first-half display had put Limerick in prime position to succeed but Cork’s experience wore them down in the second-half.

“It was a really gutting loss,” admits Limerick captain Sean Buckley. “The dressing-room after that game was a devastating place. The end defeat was partly down to it being difficult to maintain that intensity. But we still had the chances in the second-half and just didn’t take the scoring opportunities.”