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He’s Limerick’s ‘hardest’ hurler, say colleagues. There’s a time and a place to do it, and if he felt training wasn’t going well — too much messing or whatever — he won’t be slow about mentioning it, says Diarmuid O’Flynn .

IF YOU WANT to know me, come and live with me. Sport’s variation? If you want to know me come and talk to those who play with me, those who train with me.

Limerick centre-back Brian Geary is a little like the Limerick team — unsung, under-rated, and for the most part, unknown. So who is Geary and what’s he like? What are his major attributes as a centre-back, the most pivotal position in hurling, his qualities as an individual?