John Fogarty: Limerick and John Kiely not spitting out the dummy

Do Limerick blink and change their policy of naming their match-day 15 and panel to the players two days before the game, or do try and preserve it, i.e. issue a dummy team?

MAN WITH THE PLAN: Limerick manager John Kiely believes naming the team is a player welfare issue. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Before the start of what John Kiely considers the most cut-throat Munster senior hurling championship in years, Limerick have another battle on their hands. Do they blink and change their policy of naming their match-day 15 and panel to the players two days before the game, or do try and preserve it, i.e. issue a dummy team?

A point that might sound trivial on the surface is considered anything but by Kiely, who spoke at length at the Munster SHC launch against the GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee’s (CCCC) new protocol of releasing teams on Friday mornings.