Limerick's dressing room disco hits all the right notes too but off-key Clare in need of tuning 

Brian Lohan's side set themselves up for a shoot-out only to point the guns in their own direction. Porous again in defence, their attack was shorn of enough quality ball to compensate for the gaps behind them.

GRASPING FOR COMFORT: Shane O'Brien of Limerick tussles with David McInerney of Clare during the Munster GAA Senior Hurling Championship Round 3 match between Clare and Limerick at Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg in Ennis, Clare. Pic: Tom Beary/Sportsfile

Munster SHC: CLARE 1-18 LIMERICK 2-30 

An hour and a half after the final whistle, the boombox continued to blast out the songs from the Limerick dressing room.