John Kiely has dismissed suggestions that Limerick weren’t interested in reaching the Allianz Hurling League Division 1A final with the start of the Munster SHC looming large.

Last Saturday’s defeat to Kilkenny ended Limerick’s hopes of contesting the decider ahead of the last round visit of an already-relegated Wexford team to the TUS Gaelic Grounds this Saturday.

"We still have another game to play next weekend. We would like to finish the league on a positive note and we have to go back to the drawing board now. And come back next week a better team,” the Limerick manager told reporters.

“Believe me, I’m not happy that we haven’t won our game today, I can assure you of that. It was everything in our intent to win our game and to win our game next weekend regardless of what the outcome was.

For us, (a league final) two weeks into the championship followed by another two-week break into the following round, it wasn’t something daunting, it wasn’t something that undesirable to us. We were quite prepared to go that route but listen, we’re not going that route now and that’s it. It’s out of our hands and we won’t be in the league final.”

Meanwhile, Kiely’s opposite number Derek Lyng was delighted with how Kilkenny responded to their loss to Tipperary.

“It was important to everybody involved that we put in a performance today. We were disappointed in how we showed up last week, but it is a positive way to end the league,” he said.

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