CLARE 0-19 LIMERICK - 2-15

Limerick finished strongly against Clare at O'Garney Park in Sixmilebridge on Wednesday evening to secure their second win of the Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League.

A late goal by Barry Nash was the difference between the sides in a game watched by more than 1,750.

Clare need to win their upcoming games against Waterford in Dungarvan on Sunday and Cork in Sixmilebridge next Wednesday to have any chance of making the Final and retain the title they won in January 2016. Throw-in at Fraher Field next Sunday is at 2.00pm.

Clare scorers: David Reidy 0-5 (0-3f); John Conlon 0-4; Aaron Cunningham 0-3; Shane Golden 0-2; David Fitzgerald, Cathal O’Connell, Cathal Malone, Ben O’Gorman, Jason McCarthy 0-1 each

Limerick scorers: Diarmaid Byrnes 0-5 (0-3f); Sean Tobin 0-3 (0-3f); Graeme Mulcahy, Barry Nash 1-0 each; John Fitzgibbon, Cian Lynch 0-2 each; Tom Morrissey, Paul Browne, Gearoid Hegarty 0-1 each