Limerick look to banish ghosts of ‘94

Apart from being only their second ever clash in the Guinness hurling championship, the meeting of Limerick and Offaly in a qualifier tie at Semple Stadium tonight will test the public interest in midweek games.

It’s yet another ground-breaking venture in the hurling championship which, by Saturday evening, will have cleared the way for the All-Ireland quarter-final games which will be played on Sunday week, July 27.