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For the third year, they’re back in the final but by varying routes. Clare didn’t top the table in the province as they had done in the past two years but only lost it to Limerick on the head-to-head having coughed up that big lead in the championship opener.
It was the making of Limerick’s Munster campaign, giving them the points in a fixture they lost the previous year and indemnifying them against the defeat by Cork. Injuries have been more of a curse than usual and both the long-term casualty Peter Casey and shorter-term Séamus Flanagan leave a big hole.
The failure to drown Waterford in the third quarter was very nearly costly and had a precedent because the same thing happened against Limerick at the same time. It didn’t appear significant but they could have been out of sight by the time the defence turned into a benevolent society. Like O’Donovan, Tony Kelly has been battling back from injury and has very few match minutes built up – especially with the lack of training matches during such demanding fixture schedules. Clare could really do with a sustained spell of Kelly operating at close to full tilt for whatever time he can manage.
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