Enda McEvoy: Victory would enshrine Limerick as one of the finest teams in hurling history

Limerick have something of a crack rowing outfit about them. The metronomic precision of the strokes, the increase in pace when the cox calls for the push

Kyle Hayes of Limerick bursting past t Eoin Cadogan of Cork in the 2018 semi-final, when this great era of Treaty hurling really took off in a enthralling contest.

Two jumping-off points for the day that’s in it, the first of them an anecdote that’s been cited here before but in view of the identity of Cork’s opponents merits repeating.

The 1965 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe attracted a golden cast comprising the winners of classics all over the world. It turned out to be a non-contest. Sea-Bird first, the rest nowhere.