Ronan O'Gara: When Limerick kids look for heroes these days, where do they turn?

Come Sunday afternoon, I did what any full-blooded Irish man does on All-Ireland final day — I became a hurling expert

Ben Healy’s absence with a shoulder issue this weekend is a blow for Munster, says Ronan O’Gara, but with Joey Carbery not in the picture at present, there’s a wide-open opportunity for the ex-Ireland U20 to advance his case with his home province. Hopefully, he won’t be out too long. Picture: Inpho/Billy Stickland

Caught another of those marathon Sundays last weekend. La Rochelle got home from Edinburgh and a positive start to the Heineken Champions Cup at 4am. A few hours later the tape review of the game began. By day’s end though, I was thinking GAA, the fitness of those Limerick hurlers and my old buddy Aidan O’Connell.

I spent the guts of 15 years working strength and conditioning under Aidan at Munster. Now I see he is piloting another new project for Cork GAA as their head of high performance. I love the man’s passion and his energy.