For our purposes this game should have been played at High Noon, because all week we were hearing that this would be a western classic. Yesterday showed that history is a poor consolation faced with All-Ireland champions fired by resolve and a fluent gameplan. Limerick hit four points from frees, while Clare had one point from play. Limerick-Tipperary will surely - surely - provide a contest worthy of the name. The Banner face a hard week after yesterday’s defeat, which exposed issues with their restarts and ball retention up front.

Source: Irish Examiner June 10, 2019 04:41 UTC