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Discipline issues, media scrutiny and a target on their backs Limerick s rocky start to 2021
The All-Ireland champions are yet to win a game this season, but Cian Lynch says they’re not a side under pressure. By Kevin O Brien Saturday 5 Jun 2021, 7:00 AM 1 hour ago 3,188 Views 7 Comments
THEY SEALED 13 wins out of 13 across pre-season, league, Munster and All-Ireland championships last year, so it’s strange to see Limerick enter round 4 of the league still chasing their first victory. Tempers flare between Limerick s Kyle Hayes and Conor Prunty of Waterford. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO
Limerick’s unbeaten 2020 season saw them proclaimed by many pundits as a dynasty in waiting. The successors to the four-in-a-row Kilkenny team or counterpart to the Dublin footballers.
Liam Cahill explains how Waterford reversed horrendous breaking ball stat in victory over Limerick
This NHL 1A game went to Waterford after a hard-fought 70 minutes, gaining some small measure of revenge for the All-Ireland defeat
Tempers flare between Limerick s Kyle Hayes and Conor Prunty of Waterford. Picture: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo
Sun, 23 May, 2021 - 20:34
Michael Moynihan, Walsh Park WATERFORD 1-22 LIMERICK 0-21
At or about the 38th minute at Walsh Park, Robbie Hanley met Jamie Barron head-on near the stand side of the field, a collision that was audible all around the stand. It sketched this Allianz Hurling League game in miniature: two teams keen to leave with the win, and neither in the mood to back down. Waterford ended with the points and a welcome boost ahead of the mid-league break; Limerick faced the road back with a couple of red cards and a second successive defeat to mull over.