A clarifying weekend in the hurling championship. Clare’s 3-21 to 2-16 victory over Tipperary on Sunday probably told little enough about who might be standing at the end of it, other than that Tipp will have long moved on to any other business by then. But Saturday night did at least assure everyone that Waterford will not go quietly and that whatever Limerick have in their hands at the end of July, they’ll have earned it. Habemus Champo.
Cian Lynch will go for a scan on Monday on the hamstring injury that caused him to limp off after 11 minutes of Limerick’s three-point win in the Gaelic Grounds. The result has bought them a bit of leeway at least – they have six weeks to the Munster final (assuming they beat Tipperary, which they surely will), eight to an All-Ireland quarter-final if it goes against them and 10 to an All-Ireland semi-final if it doesn’t. If there’s a good time to have four All Stars injured, it’s now.
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- April 25, 2022
