‘We’ll be disappointed if we don’t win the All-Ireland’

A slice of history for the young hurlers of Ardscoil Rís on Saturday at the Gaelic Grounds as they became winners of the first all-Limerick Harty Cup final by claiming a third title in five years for the north city school.

It’s not enough though, says team manager Niall Crowe, not nearly enough. On the two other occasions they’ve won in Munster, Ardscoil have failed in the All-Ireland series. Now is the time to put that right.

“I’ll put it this way, and I’ve rehearsed this, this season will end in disappointment if we don’t win the All-Ireland, that’s a fact,” he said. “We had three goals at the start of the year: to get out of our group, preferably as first or second; then to win the Harty Cup; now we want to win the All-Ireland. I won’t shy away from saying that. We want to win the All-Ireland.”