The paltry attendance of 350 at the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday night was symptomatic of the ills of a competition struggling to survive.
It means its future – and the Clareman’s involvement – will be up for debate after the final in London in a fortnight, when Munster defend their title against Joe Kernan’s Ulster.
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