Clare thought Cork would beat Limerick. Will the winds of change now blow over hurling?

“I felt when they beat them the first day that the penny dropped with Cork,” said Clare selector Ken Ralph.

FINAL COUNTDOWN: Cork’s Brian Hayes scores the decisive goal against Limerick. Pic Credit ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne

In Ennis they saw the end coming. That was no shock in Croke Park as Cork ended Limerick’s five-in-a-row bid. In the inner sanctum of an All-Ireland contender, the writing was on the wall.

“It is a whole new ball game now,” started selector Clare selector Ken Ralph when asked at the All-Ireland final media night about the relevance of their Munster championship clash with Cork earlier this year.