Clare are determined to maintain focus, declares Cian Dillon

Clare joint-captain Cian Dillon says the Bannermen are determined to avoid the lapses in concentration which have kept neighbours Limerick rooted in Division 1B of the Allianz HL for the past five years.

Limerick have failed to emerge from the league’s second tier since suffering relegation from Division 1 in the spring of 2010 and Dillon is wary of how one slip-up in the weeks ahead could see the Clare hurlers stuck in 1B come the end of March.

Davy Fitzgerald’s charges opened their campaign with a 12-point trouncing of Offaly, but Dillon accepts the bar will be raised considerably this weekend when they make for Wexford Park to face a team stung 2-23 to 0-15 by Limerick on Saturday night.