Limerick make it four out of four

Limerick 0-10 Carlow 0-9

Trailing for most of the second-half, Maurice Horan’s side finally drew level six minutes to go with an Ian Ryan free before the skipper added another to settle the nerves of supporters in the crowd of 1,004.

Carlow might have upset the odds had they built on a burst of scores when they used Brendan Murphy as a ball-winner rather than a target at the edge of the square where he could never break free of Johnny McCarthy.