Horan salutes ‘beauty of the qualifiers’

Limerick manager Maurice Horan thinks his players have performed with greater freedom away from the testing environs of the Munster championship.

The Mayo man looked a content figure following an absorbing Pearse Park tussle with Longford and following last season’s success in the qualifiers he is quietly confident again following the shock loss to Clare in the Munster championship.

“It is the beauty of the qualifiers,” he said. “In the past Limerick have put so much into the Munster championship and that can be tough when you lose.