THERE are people I know, hurling people, who have doubted Andrew O’Shaughnessy.

IT probably doesn’t seem either fair or fitting to mention the other All-Ireland quarter-final in Croke Park yesterday in the opening paragraph of this report, but given that Limerick will be meeting the eventual winners of the Waterford/Cork encounter and given that people will already have started their comparisons, here goes.

ALL-IRELAND senior quarter-final, Limerick favoured to advance to the semis — who would have envisaged such a scenario at the start of this hurling year?

LIMERICK selector Gary Kirby was understandably pleased with his side’s epic win over Tipperary on Sunday — and the character displayed by the players in particular.