PM O'Sullivan: John Kiely and Limerick avoided a trap, but old Tipperary vulnerabilities arise

What changed in the third quarter’s astonishing reversal and what are the main lessons to take forward?
PM O'Sullivan: John Kiely and Limerick avoided a trap, but old Tipperary vulnerabilities arise

Cian Lynch: Working miracles for a Limerick team with huge self-belief. Picture: INPHO/Tommy Dickson

Had Tipperary climbed aboard an ark, we would have remained impassive.

What could surprise on a transfixing Sunday evening in Páirc Uí Chaoimh? There came literal swelter and metaphorical deluge, as Limerick swept away a 10-point half-time deficit with power hurling of nigh Biblical cast. They ran out eventual winners by a margin of five. Tipperary were not so much defeated as shattered.

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