Kirby hoping Limerick’s character will re-surface

IF YOU were in Limerick last Sunday you heard one of those rare summer championship sounds — the hiss of thousands inhaling as they anticipated where Pat Tobin of Limerick’s late, late strike on goal was going to land.

When the sliotar flew into the corner of the net for an equalising goal the ensuing roar was no doubt audible on O’Connell Street.

Limerick selector Gary Kirby is quick to point out, however, that the men in green and white don’t consider the job completed. “Not one bit. We were in Monday night, we got the whole squad together and we sat down and discussed the game in detail. We talked about what went wrong, we talked about what we did right, but as the players said themselves, we’ve nothing done yet — won no match yet. We’ll have to try twice as hard tonight — and we know that.”