Clare give the summer new life as they emerge victorious from epic in Limerick via IrishTimesSport
At the other end, Clare were making plenty of chances themselves. Tony Kelly split the posts with his first two efforts, one from the sideline, one from midfield. Aidan McCarthy’s radar wasn’t spotless, particularly from long range frees, but he kept to his task and lasered a 65 as well as two more from play. By the quarter-hour mark, Clare were 0-6 to 0-3 ahead.
And how they used it. Flanagan opened the goalscoring for the night soon after, tapping into an empty net after Cathal O’Neill had skated in from the left sideline. It looked for all the world like a square ball but repeated television replays left enough doubt for you to give the umpires a pass. After a long discussion with referee Colm Lyons, they raised the green flag and Limerick were ahead for the first time in the game, 1-8 to 0-10.
Clare were rocking now, 1-14 to 1-10 to the good. But though Limerick weren’t in the sort of rhythm we’ve come to expect, they still know how to swing a punch. They wiped out Clare’s lead in the space of four minutes, a rat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat of points from Cathal O’Neill, Gillane and Byrnes .
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