No gloom in Limerick despite Shannon drawing a blank at Con

HAVING been the bedrock of club and provincial rugby in Munster for decades, Limerick is having an unusually tough time of it at the moment.

The history books show Shannon way out in front in the Ulster Bank League’s roll of honour — they’ve annexed nine of the 20 titles, Garryowen have three to their name and Young Munster have one under their belt.

But since Shannon’s last win in 2009, standards have slipped a little; there was no Limerick side in the semi-finals last term, and only Young Munster have a better than even chance of making it this time around.