ODDS | Na Piarsaigh favourites to claim Limerick SHC title back

This Thursday will see the return of the Bon Secours Limerick Senior Hurling Championship.

Na Piarsaigh are favourites to move joint-fifth in the all-time winners list of the Limerick SHC and bring home the John Daly Cup this year according to the Paddy Power odds.

Priced at 4/6, the 2020 champions are heavy favourites to clinch their seventh title, despite crashing out in the semi-final last year to Patrickswell who will be without 2021 HOTY Cian Lynch for the foreseeable future due to injury.

The north Limerick side are followed by familiar faces, with season regulars Doon (5/1), Patrickswell (11/2) and defedning champions Kilmallock (11/2) the next favourites.

You would have to back to 2016 to find a Limerick SHC Final that didn’t contain one of the four teams, when Ballybrown were defeated by the championship’s most successful side, Patrickswell.

South Liberties are fifth favourites to claim their first title in 41 years at 20/1. A big difference compared to their 50/1 chances this time last year. Adare are also priced at 25/1 while Ahane are 25/1 to join Patrickswell on 20 titles.

Newly promoted Mungret St Pauls are priced at 50/1 in their first Limerick SHC since the ’90s, level with first round opponents Kildimo Pallaskenry.

2022 Limerick SHC Odds

• Na Piarsaigh 4/6
• Doon 5/1
• Kilmallock 11/2
• Patrickswell 11/2
• South Liberties 20/1
• Adare 20/1
• Ahane 25/1
• Ballybrown 33/1
• Mungret St Pauls 50/1
• Kildimo Pallaskenry 50/1
• Garryspillane 80/1
• Blackrock 100/1

Adare and Ahane lift the curtain on this years Senior Hurling Championship as they square off this Thursday in Claughaun at 7pm.

Claughaun will also host favourites Na Piarsaigh as they take on Doon on Saturday at 7pm while Kilmallock face Patrickswell at the same time in Newcastle West.

Meanwhile in Group Two, Mungret St-Pauls get their championship underway against Kildimo-Pallaskenry in Clarina on Friday at 7pm. Garryspillane face South Liberties in Doon and Ballybrown take on Ballyrock in Ballyagran, with both games taking place on Saturday at 7pm.