Ryan undaunted by final failings

JAMES RYAN doesn’t have a good record in Croke Park. Then again, neither do Limerick in football finals.

Fortunes have improved considerably in the past decade, but three Munster finals and a Division Two league decider have gone against them since 2003.

Ryan. left, lost an All-Ireland minor hurling final in 2005 and was part of the senior hurling team that suffered a crushing defeat to Tipperary in last year’s All-Ireland semi-final.