The All-Ireland champions look in better shape than 12 months ago, which is bleak news for everyone else
Since they first regained the MacCarthy Cup in 2018, Limerick have, like the rest of hurling, had to cope with five different close seasons. The current one is slightly extended on last year’s, which ran August, rather than July, to April.
That Division 1A table from last March makes interesting reading. Aside from Offaly, one of the developing counties whose presence removes any jeopardy from the relegation process, the bottom two teams were Limerick and Clare.This year Limerick have started better. They have been dominant in the first half of both their opening fixtures, against Cork and Clare. The first day they appeared to “declare” like a cricket team and got run out of the result by a big finish.
Did that irk Limerick? The league after all is ideal for punishment beatings. In Dónal Cusack’s memoir, Come What May, he recounts the aftermath of a walloping Cork got in 2009. The fact remains that if Limerick win the league, it will be because they have decided that such a conclusion is in their best interest.
Clare will be better with everyone back but they didn’t set out to tread on a landmine at the weekend. They have the advantage of continuity at a time when there is so much churn in other counties, including a 60 per cent turnover in Munster.
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