Tribesmen a class above

Limerick 1-12 Galway 1-20

The scoreline is the most obvious barometer, with Galway easing to an eight-point win over their opponents from the second tier, but that’s misleading: the margin was 11 points until James Ryan’s injury-time goal for Limerick.

TJ Ryan, the Limerick manager, was in no doubt about the source of his side’s woes. He nodded to Galway’s exposure to better opposition: “They are used to playing week in, week out at a higher intensity. When you play in Division 1B maybe some of the mistakes you make you get away with them.