Limerick needed extra time to see off Clare in an epic Munster Senior Hurling Final on Sunday.
It took close to a 100 minutes but Limerick made it four in a row of Munster titles with an enthralling 1-29 to 0-29 victory in Thurles.
After successive draws in the League and championship, there was nothing to separate the neighbours at the end of normal time as Tony Kelly stroked over a sideline with the final puck of the game.
“Hats off to my crew. I’m just so proud of them.”
John Kiely
But Limerick showed their class in extra-time as they pulled into an early lead that they didn’t relinquish.
Reflecting on an absorbing contest, Limerick manager John Kiely praised the effort of his side as they did not relent from start to finish in the face of an “immense” Clare challenge.
“It felt phenomenal because the challenge we had to overcome was immense. There were times there when things weren’t stringing together; we were struggling. We were struggling on the restarts, and we were struggling in general play, but just had to keep going.
“We just had to keep going. It was one of those days where you had to keep grinding, and grinding, and grinding it out.
“Hats off to my crew. I’m just so proud of them. We had a tough spring, but we worked really really hard hard. Came through the round robin and you can see we really wanted to win this today.
“So really proud of the lads and the way they just stuck at it.”
Watch the full interview with Kiely below.
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