Colm Keys: Munster exit looms large as Cork can’t go forward unless they get it right at the back

Cork's Ciarán Joyce in action against Clare's David Reidy (L), David Fitzgerald and Cathal Malone (R). Photo: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Colm Keys

The team news dropped early on Leeside yesterday, a lunchtime bulletin to confirm that Ciarán Joyce would play no part in tomorrow’s key Munster SHC round-robin game against Limerick – Cork’s third in the series.

A hamstring injury picked up after the Clare defeat did for a player that Cork can ill afford to do without.