Irish Daily Mirror

Treaty to four again in League

- BY PAT NOLAN

LIMERICK will be on the verge of qualifying for the Munster senior hurling League final for the fourth successive year with victory over tomorrow at the Gaelic Grounds.

have lost in the final of the competitio­n in the last two years though they won it in its previous guise, the Waterford Crystal Cup, in 2015.

They started this year’s edition with a five-point win over holders Cork last weekend.

With neither Tipperary nor Waterford taking part, there are just four teams involved and take on at Cusack Park in Ennis on the back of their 20-point win over Kerry on saturday last.

Wins for both Clare and Limerick tomorrow would reduce their round robin meeting next weekend to dead rubber status and, in that scenario, the Munster Council may move to double it up as the final.

The Walsh Cup semi-final line-ups will be determined tomorrow with and already effectivel­y through ahead of their home games with

and respective­ly, as are

who travel to

The fourth spot is very much up for grabs, however, with carrying just a two-point lead to

Mullingar against

in the second leg of their tie after new offaly boss Kevin Martin started with a narrow victory against his former side in Banagher last saturday.

In the Kehoe Cup second round travel to host and

 ??  ?? CHALLENGE John Meyler takes his Cork side to Ennis
CHALLENGE John Meyler takes his Cork side to Ennis

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