Camogie: Seniors facing into relegation play-off

Sun, 8th March 2020

A Karen O’Leary goal with four minutes remaining crowned a wind-assisted second-half comeback and cemented Limerick’s Division 1 status at LIT.

In the process, Dublin were consigned to a relegation play-off by virtue of the 1-10 to 0-10 scoreline.

Remarkably, and notably given the prodigious freetaking of Niamh Mulcahy they had been able to rely on for more than a decade, all of Limerick’s scores arrived from play and Caoimhe Costelloe lit up LIT with five points.

Dublin showed plenty however, and the return of Aisling Maher from a broken leg suffered before Christmas was a considerable boost.

Joint-managers Willie Braine and John Treacy will take plenty from the attitude of their players and they led by 0-7 to 0-3 at half-time, Maher and Aisling Carolan the primary scorers for the visitors.

Costelloe led the charge for Limerick after the restart and the Greens had wiped out the deficit by the 56^th minute, when O’Leary made the defining contribution to decide the contest.