Semple showpiece fails to fire

WHAT a disappointment in Semple Stadium yesterday.

Mon, 28 Nov, 2011 - 00:00
Na Piarsaigh (Limerick) 1-11 Crusheen (Clare) 0-14 Diarmuid O’Flynn

The biggest club game of the season on the Munster calendar, the senior hurling final, but you wouldn’t have thought so, from the numbers in the stand.

A mere 2,893 made the long journey from Clare and Limerick to Thurles, a pathetic attendance for a game of this significance.

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CourtsGaaHurlingPlace: Semple StadiumPlace: ClarePlace: LimerickPlace: ThurlesPlace: TipperaryPerson: CrusheenPerson: Michael BrownePerson: Na PiarsaighPerson: Pat VaughanPerson: Adrian BreenPerson: Shane DowlingPerson: Cathal DillonPerson: David FordePerson: ClarePerson: DowlingPerson: Kevin DownesPerson: Patrick MeaneyPerson: Donal TouhyPerson: Ger O’GradyPerson: Fergus KennedyPerson: VaughanPerson: John MaddenPerson: David BreenPerson: Sean StackPerson: P VaughanPerson: P MeaneyPerson: F KennedyPerson: C O’DohertyPerson: J FitzgibbonPerson: D FordePerson: G O’GradyPerson: S DowlingPerson: A BreenPerson: D BreenPerson: C KingPerson: J MaddenPerson: C O’DonnellPerson: FordePerson: D LynchPerson: BreenPerson: HennessyPerson: CunninghamPerson: GleesonPerson: D QuigleyPerson: O’NeillPerson: J RyanOrganisation: Munster CouncilOrganisation: Limerick U-21sOrganisation: ClareOrganisation: MunsterOrganisation: Limerick
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