If Galway’s Cathal Mannion and Concannon don’t play in the Leinster final, Kilkenny can make it four in a row
If they were to lose at home twice, to the same team, in the space of a few weeks, that would put them on the back foot again. I can imagine that’s the way Brian Lohan is thinking. Turn this into a cause for his players. Stare Limerick in the face and make them blink.
They know everything they could possibly know about each other, but that doesn’t mean they have worked each other out completely. How will Limerick manage Tony Kelly, for example? They couldn’t hold him in the Munster final last year, when he scored seven points from play, and they couldn’t hold him in the round robin game a few weeks ago, when he was Clare’s top scorer from play with four points.
The other thing about Clare now is that they have other threats too, and they have serious pace. Kelly, Ryan Taylor, David Fitzgerald, Aidan McCarthy and Shane O’Donnell all have the ability to get away from their markers with pure speed. Peter Duggan isn’t slow either when he gets going. Clare's Aidan McCarthy celebrates the victory over Limerick in the Munster round robin clash. Like his fellow forwards, McCarthy has the pace to test Limerick's defence. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
I think this game should have been fixed for Tullamore. The capacity would be less than 20,000, but they would have packed the place. I’ve played there when the ground was full and the atmosphere was incredible. Players feed off that kind of buzz, and so do spectators. Cathal Mannion in action against Kilkenny. If Mannion and Brian Concannon are not fit to start they will be a massive loss to Galway as I think they are Glaway's most important players. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
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