John Kiely: 'I don’t want to be compared to anyone else. We are Limerick. We are ourselves'

Limerick manager John Kiely wasn’t wearing any comparisons to Kilkenny in their pomp yesterday, saying “We are Limerick, we are ourselves”.

Limerick’s clinical finish to the Munster final was reminiscent of the Kilkenny four-in-a-row side at their most ruthless, but Kiely dismissed that comparison immediately: “That is nonsense. That is nonsense stuff. That is total and utter nonsense.