Munster final will be more than a game
Predictably the coolest of men on the hottest of days. Planned for a 20-man game and executed it superbly. In the process Limerick demonstrated that Division 1B hurling need be no more than a state of mind, with their tally of four wides speaking volumes about the lucidity of their decision-making. Now that they’ve broken the glass in the ceiling, new vistas open up before them: Munster titles not only in this anniversary year but in the coming years (and in their wilder dreams, if Kilkenny had the decency to just shag off, All-Irelands too). Some underdog victories hinge on abstruse tactical masterstrokes. Some, like last Sunday’s, are founded on virtues no more exotic than old-fashioned determination and hunger. With Limerick involved, the Munster final will be more than a fixture. It’ll be an event. We have a championship and it has a pulse.
