O’Brien ready to spring into action

JAMES O’BRIEN reckons he could be driving around in a flashy car if he had gone to a bookmaker last winter and put a nice wager on the Limerick hurlers getting to the All-Ireland final.

Bear in mind that the county hadn’t won a game in the Munster championship since 2001 and that their appearances in Croke Park in September had been limited to just four since their last triumph in 1973.

And one of those was the following year, when they had to hand back the title to Kilkenny.