Limerick the Munster team best equipped for Leinster grindhouse

Right, tomorrow in Thurles. Here’s the slightly — but only slightly — likelier scenario.

In their third outing on consecutive weekends, Kilkenny are in the zone. Mick Dempsey having been around the place for so long, they had no problem getting their recovery right during the week. Richie Hogan starts and pulls strings. Colin Fennelly starts and gives them a pace injection.

Limerick’s half-back line, though impressive, is not as formidable as the Galway half-back line on which Kilkenny foundered in the first half last Sunday.