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IF you were a hurling man and wanted away from the banter on the borderline separating Clare and Limerick, you’d think that Tipperary would be a good place to go — a refuge where they’d be loath to talk hurling because the blue and gold’s travails this year.
Flexibility is central to Limerick and Clare. Henry Shefflin has modified the views he held as a pundit. Will Brian Cody adjust to take Kikenny forward?
Paul Flanagan has had to be patient for his county hurling breakthrough.
It was a match that Clare wanted to win to feed into the hoary old sporting proverb that ‘winning is a habit’ didn’t take long to come hurling home. Minutes in and Clare were to the pitch of it, while Waterford may as well have been on a different pitch.
Cian Nolan and Ian Galvin of Clare battling with Waterford's Shane McNulty and Mark Fitzgerald in Cusack Park in Ennis on Sunday last. Photos: Inpho.