Paudie O'Brien says Croke Park will continue to be a graveyard for Limerick teams as long as they are lacking a ruthless streak.

The county star, who was part of the Kilmallock team that came a cropper against Ballyhale Shamrocks in last Tuesday's All-Ireland club hurling final, told the Limerick Leader: "There is a fine line between being competitive and being a winner, and at the moment we seem to be behind in that sense and it's something we need to find in Limerick - that ruthless mentality.

"There is no point coming up here and saying the same things over and over after every match - something needs to change.

"There is a skill to being a winner and being ruthless, and we were shown how to do that today - we were playing catch-up straight away in that sense."

O'Brien admitted that Ballyhale's greater familiarity with Croke Park was a big advantage to them.

"Physicality-wise and hits-wiser we matched them, but they are so, so experienced and we probably played that down leading up to it, but it does make a difference at the end of the day," he added.

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