Limerick 2-13

Clare 1-13

Limerick will face Kerry for a place in the Munster JFC final in Killarney on the weekend of June 11/12 after withstanding a late Clare rally at a sun-splashed Gaelic Grounds.

The Treaty looked to be coasting to victory when leading by 2-12 to 0-8 with 10 minutes to go, but the visitors outscored them by 1-5 to 0-1 thereafter to set up a tense finish.

The teams were evenly matched in the early stages, but a 27th minute goal from Tony McCarthy, allied to points from Padraig Scanlon (three), Jamie Lee and Seamus O'Carroll (two each), had Limerick 1-7 to 0-4 ahead at the break.

Scanlon and Lee added further points on the restart before O'Carroll netted to extend Limerick's lead to 2-10 to 0-4 after 36 minutes. The home side remained in the driving seat until Clare came with a late scoring burst.

Limerick - J Brouder; T McCarthy (1-0), M O'Sullivan, M O'Keeffe; J Bourke, L O'Dwyer, M O'Donovan; T Childs, T McMahon; D Ward, S Murphy, K Daly; P Scanlon (0-5, 3f), S O'Carroll (1-3, 0-3'45), D Lyons. Sub: J Lee (0-5) for D Lyons.

Clare - P de Loughrey; R O'Connor, J O'Dea, D Owens; C O hAinifein, L Tierney, M Malone; K O'Connor, J Looney (0-4, 2'45); S O'Donoghue (0-1f), C Brennan, D Collins; P McMahon (1-1), M Duffy (0-4, 2f), C Murray. Subs: C Pyne for R O'Connor, J Downes (0-3) for K O'Connor, N Bonfil for C Murray, T Downes for J O'Dea, E Tubridy for M Duffy.

Referee - M Collins.

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