Munster SHC permutations: How Clare and Limerick victories this weekend settles the top three

The picture will become a lot clearer after this weekend's games. 

Waterford's Paddy Leavy tries to dispossess Cork's Brian Hayes during their Munster Senior Hurling Championship clash at Azzurri Walsh Park.

As was pointed out very shortly after  Saturday’s full-time whistle at Walsh Park, a Clare victory in Thurles this weekend closes off so many of the Waterford routes to an unlikely and first-ever top-three finish by the Déise.

Indeed, a Clare victory over Tipperary is one half of two results this weekend that would decide Munster’s top three places with a full round of games still to run.