Frustrated Limerick pay costly price for first half no-show

A shocking first-half no-show and failure to gain parity coming down the home stretch proved Limerick’s undoing in the Munster quarter-final defeat to Clare, according to manager John Brudair.

“The key was getting level,” suggested Brudair. “We put an awful lot of effort into getting level, but at no stage did we actually get there. If we had, and we did have opportunities to get there, I think we probably could have closed out the game because we were the dominant team in the second-half.

Limerick trailed 0-9 to 0-4 at the break and were fortunate to remain alive in the contest as Clare kicked seven first-half wides and failed to capitalise on two goal openings. Brudair was at a loss to explain the “flatness” of their first-half endeavours.