Clare manager plays down league win

Clare Boss Davy fitzgerald has played down expectation following his sides 14 point win over Limerick last evening in the opening game of the national hurling league.

Clare romped to a 2-24 to 1-13 win over the hosts to open their account in Divison 1B.

Conor Mc Grath top scored with 1-10 while all the six starting forwards got on the scoresheet.

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However speaking to Clare Fm after the game Fitzgerald wanted to play down the significance of the result :

Patrick Donellan enjoyed a successful night in his first outing as Clare captain but he echoed his mangers feeling that the game shouldn’t be over analysed:

Limerick boss John Allen was hugely disappointed by his sides performance but said there was no excuse for playing so poorly