Limerick captain Nickie Quaid feels that if there are to be positives taken from this year's campaign, they must progress further than last year.

To achieve that goal, Limerick must beat Clare at Semple Stadium on Saturday evening as they lost to Dublin at this stage last year.

Having saw off the brave challenge of Westmeath last weekend, the Shannonsiders now face their neighbours and rivals in the last round of qualifiers with the winners advancing to an All-Ireland SHC quarterfinal.

Quaid stressed to the Limerick Leader that they had not played anywhere near their potential this year and he is seeking a top level performance this weekend.

"I still think there is a lot more in us - I hope that a win under our belt will give us momentum," stated Quaid.

"It is a top team now and we were out this time last year so we now hope that we can get to a quarterfinal and we would have two championship wins under our belts then and that would stand to us.

"We have to focus on ourselves more than anything - we have to get ourselves right and if we perform to our best we have a great chance of beating anyone."

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