Clare survive gut-check as Cork date looms

Clare 0-15 Limerick 0-13: THERE were but fleeting mentions of Cork.

Munster football championship victories aren’t so frequent for Clare football that they were going to fold away Saturday’s win, tick their opening box of summer and immediately shift focus to a semi-final date on June 14.

By the same token, however, victory over Limerick does not represent completion of their provincial goals. Clare’s graph is rising and so too is confidence they can at least match Cork when they arrive into Páirc Uí Rinn next month - and not Páirc Uí Chaoimh as someone put it to selector Ephie Fitzgerald.