Clare give their championship a pulse, Cork's still on life support

Cork could win their remaining games - at home to Limerick and away to Tipp - but it will all prove a futile exercise if other results don’t go their way.

Aidan McCarthy of Clare after the Munster SHC victory over Cork at SuperValu Páirc Ui Chaoimh. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Munster SHC: Clare 3-26 Cork 3-24 

They both arrived with questions to answer. They both arrived with character to reaffirm and reputations to restore. All under a swell of crippling early summer pressure.