Limerick’s ‘belief’ key, says Lucey

STEPHEN Lucey, as upfront and direct in person as he is on the field, doesn’t duck the most obvious question you could ask a Limerick senior hurler.

How come it took so long for Limerick’s three U21 All-Ireland successes to show some after-effects at senior level?

Replied Lucey: “There was a lot of hassle — a lot of problems in the camp for various reasons, and this was the first year we didn’t have any of that.”