Champions looked fatigued and leggy. Clare next weekend will be the definitive test
But there’s also another possibility and that is they are suffering from fatigue and “legginess”, which has nothing to do with complacency but underlying problems. If so, how do they address them?
Next weekend they have to play Clare with just a six-day turnaround. I haven’t given up on Clare after this weekend. Some of the flaws we knew existed were on display again, like the poor wides, but the performance had very high energy levels and if they bring that to the Gaelic Grounds, we’ll have a better idea of where Limerick are.
Still, they showed plenty. Jamie Barron was lively and Calum Lyons moved to centre back and totally dominated Cian Lynch. They ended up exposing vulnerabilities in Limerick that we didn’t really think were there. Waterford are very much in the shake-up on this showing. Sunday was confirmation of Tipp’s good health, which we saw in the league when only Limerick were able to deal with them. Getting Bryan O’Mara back has been a godsend for the defence. He had one late intervention, a block, on Aidan McCarthy that summed up what he brings.
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