Anthony Daly: Limerick do what they do, but are there concerns inside?

Both Galway and Limerick will take a lot out of Salthill, while Limerick will probably take a little more.

BATTLE GROUND: Limerick’s Aaron Gillane and Galway’s John Maher clash during the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 match at Pearse Stadium last weekend. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

ON DUTY with RTÉ in Salthill on Saturday, where Brendan Cummins and myself had a up-close view of the action from the sideline, Tomás O Sé and Lee Keegan also got a bird’s-eye view of the savagery and ferocity on show as they made their way down to the pitch before the Galway-Dublin football match began.

Just as they arrived, Mike Casey danced out with a ball when he was met with a volley of tackles as he tried to negotiate his way past the roadblocks. I said to the two lads: “Jeez, if that was me back in the day, I wouldn’t have been looking to dodge tackles, I’d have launched it down on top of ‘Sparrow’ [O’Loughlin] or [Conor] Clancy and said, ‘Best of luck to ye now, take care of business’. And you know what, there would have been lads jumping out of their seats to roar, ‘Aboy Dalooo’.”