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Limerick's Shane O'Grady in action against Waterford last week at Mick Neville Park in Round 1 of the Munster Championship I PICTURE: Brendan Gleeson
THE Limerick U20 footballers will be looking to bounce back from their disappointing opening round defeat to Waterford last weekend when they travel to the Premier County to face Tipperary on Saturday.
John O'Grady's side were beaten in Rathkeale in the opening round by Waterford on a scoreline of 4-11 to 2-7.
The Shannonsiders will be looking to right the wrongs of last week's performance at the New Inn on Saturday at 2pm.
Speaking to Leader Sport after the match, manager O'Grady was disappointed with his side's display but says this weekend's clash gives his charges the chance 'to put some pride back in the jersey.'
"The lack of application by us in terms of the willingness to get out and close down the space just wasn't there.
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"You can take being beat but the manner in which we were beaten, we were outfought and there are just so many things that were disappointing about the performance today.
"We were second best all over the field, there's no covering it up, Limerick football is based upon hard work and we did not have any of that today which is disappointing.
"The Tipperary game gives these boys the chance to go and put a bit of pride back in the jersey and to show that they aren't as bad as what they were out there today.
"There's another three games in it. The learning we can take from today is that you have to perform on the day, you can't flip a switch with these things, you have to out there and make it happen," O'Grady concluded.
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