Limerick suffer loss to Dublin in Senior Hurling Challenge match

Cian Lynch featured in the game which saw Limerick lose to Dublin. Photo: Brendan Moran.

LIMERICK suffered a 4-20 to 2-20 loss to Dublin in a lively Senior Hurling Challenge at University of Limerick.

Established figures such as Kyle Hayes, Gearรณid Hegarty, Sรฉamus Flanagan, and newly installed captain Cian Lynch featured in a starting selection that also included challengers such as Doon pair Barry Murphy and Chris Thomas, Colin Coughlan (Ballybrown), and Garryspillaneโ€™s Hugh Flanagan.

In an earlier weekend challenge at the same venue with Antrim, Shane Oโ€™Brien (1-4), Patrick Oโ€™Donovan (0-6), Micheรกl Houlihan (0-4), David Reidy (0-4), and Adam English (0-3) were among the scorers in a 1-31 to 0-21 defeat of Antrim.

Game time was afforded to all three goalkeeping options, Shane Dowling, Jason Gillane and Conor Hanley-Clarke.

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