Major lift for Limerick in Camogie League opener

In a cracking start to the National Camogie League few sides will be happier than Limerick, who downed All-Ireland champions Cork at Rathkeale’s Mick Neville Park by 1-11 to 0-9.

There were a number of unfamiliar faces on view in both red and green and if Paudie Murray was being more experimental, John Tuohy must have been delighted by how his blend of youth and experience operated in his first competitive game as successor to Joe Quaid.

The home side flew out of the traps with Niamh Mulcahy heavily involved and unerring from placed balls (six of her eight points came from frees), while Sarah Carey was indomitable in her midfield role.