John Kiely: Limerick capable of a lot more in Munster final against Clare

John Kiely is adamant that there's room for improvement in his team for this Sunday's Munster SHC final clash with Clare.

The sides met last month at Ennis and were level no fewer than 14 times in the game before the match ended in a draw.

The Banner were battling to secure their place in the provincial final that day, which they did with the draw, while the Treaty men had already earned their place with three wins from three up to that point.

And Kiely insists there were areas where his players didn't reach the standard they're capable of.

"We were disappointed with our performance when we reflected on it," Kiely tells RTÉ Sport. "We know there's a lot of areas we would be looking to improve significantly on. That's where our focus has been over the last period.

"We didn't do well at all on the Clare restarts. That was obvious on the day and it's something we would pride ourselves on. It was a source of a lot of disappointment within our group.

"We can go back at it again. That's the beauty of getting to the final, we've a second chance.

"Our creation of shots was low, we didn't create as many scoring chances as we would have liked to."

This golden era for Limerick sees them just three wins away from completing a first ever three in a row for the county, regardless of what happens on Sunday.

"They're relishing their work at the moment, relishing their training and being together as a group," Kiely says when asked about where the motivation comes from

"These years are flying by but it's all the more reason to put as much into the group as you can possibly contribute. Be that the players, mentors or coaches.

"We've to give as much as ourselves because that's the only way we're going to get the real satisfaction out of it. Every time