That Clare are no longer in control of their own destiny is as much as they deserve following back-to-back no-shows, joint-manager Donal Moloney has admitted. That would be where our mindset would be right now.”Such was the margin between the teams at the finish, Moloney described it as a “low” day for Clare hurling. It was always going to be a very, very difficult game today, especially with the way Limerick responded to their opening round loss to Cork. We recognise we didn’t make them proud today. Limerick responded to those early goal chances by upping their performance.

Source: Irish Examiner June 10, 2019 06:56 UTC