Lohan on Gillane: 'A really tough challenge for anyone that is marking him'

Cian Nolan started on Aaron Gillane. The Limerick sharpshooter hit 1-11, 1-3 from play. Nolan was taken off for Seadna Morey midway through the second half.

TRICKY CUSTOMER: Aaron Gillane of Limerick returns to the dressing room after the Munster GAA Hurling Championship Final match between Clare and Limerick at TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

The last team to win five consecutive Munster SHC titles was Cork. In the losing dressing room after they secured it in 1986, Clare sat silent and deeply disappointed. History has a tendency to repeat itself.

Then Clare bemoaned 54 years of frustration. Now it is 24 years and counting. Goalscoring hero Ger McInerney broke the silence in that team chamber when he wondered out loud: “What must we do to win?”