Red-hot All-Ireland favourites Limerick take on Clare at Croke Park today for a place in the final against Galway later this month. Just over a month ago the mood around Limerick and Clare was very different. Limerick had reclaimed the Munster title, surviving another heavyweight contest with Cork through Peter Casey’s late intervention. Clare, meanwhile, were left wondering whether a Championship that had promised so much was beginning to slip away. Now they meet again with an All-Ireland final at stake. The route has been
different but the destination is the same. Limerick have enjoyed the luxury that comes with winning Munster. Four weeks without a match is usually viewed as an advantage, although the modern game increasingly asks questions about rhythm as much as recovery. Clare have had no such concerns. Their quarter-final against Dublin provided another competitive outing and, perhaps more importantly, reassurance that the defending champions remain capable of reproducing the intensity that underpinned last year’s success. Clare also rediscovered something that had occasionally eluded them during
the Munster Championship –balance. Every line contributed, as Clare looked considerably closer to themselves. Whether that version is sufficient against Limerick is another matter. We will know by 6pm this evening.
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Croke Park always feels cursed to me, so idk who’s really gonna win.
Peter Casey’s late intervention huh? Sounds like Limerick needed a miracle last time and now they get Clare again… Clare’s gonna be mad. Also why they saying “rhythm” like it’s basketball? lol
Wait this is hurling right? I thought it was Gaelic football. If Limerick had a month off that’s not really an advantage, you lose the tempo, especially against a team like Clare. But then article says Clare were “balanced” after playing Dublin which… yeah sure until they hit Limerick’s defense. Anyway whoever wins I’m still confused.
Clare vs Limerick again at Croke Park like it’s scripted. Didn’t Clare just “reclaim” Munster or am I mixing stuff up? I swear I saw Peter Casey’s name and assumed he was Clare the whole time, not Limerick. Feels like Limerick has the momentum because they already beat Cork somehow, but Clare being defending champions means they should be good? I don’t even know, I’ll just check the score by 6.