Clare meet Limerick on the double

For the first time since 2008, Clare and Limerick will meet each other in the Munster senior hurling championship next season.

Just as they were in the football competition, the counties were drawn to play one another in a quarter-final in yesterday’s Championship 2015 draw.

Six years ago, Clare and Limerick’s hurlers clashed at the semi-final stage where Clare prospered by five points and last year’s All-Ireland champions will be aiming to win their first provincial title since 1998. In a most competitive Munster campaign, the victors will then face All-Ireland runners-up Tipperary. Should they win that, either Cork or Waterford await them in the final.