Limerick football not in crisis, insists John Cregan

Limerick football is not in a state of crisis, board chairman John Cregan has said in the wake of the county’s 10th consecutive Munster minor championship defeat.

Wednesday’s 2-15 to 2-7 loss to Cork on home soil brings into double figures the number of defeats incurred by Treaty minor teams stretching back to 2010. Last month’s U21 defeat to the Rebels, meanwhile, was their fourth on the hop since 2012.

A football academy was established in light of last year’s 6-15 to 1-7 minor defeat to Cork and the 3-15 to 0-8 U21 hammering to the same opposition.