Dubs look to continue work in progress

ANYONE from Dublin and of a superstitious nature should look away now.

Those who believe in the cliche about how forgetting the lessons of history dooms you to repeat it would do well to pull up a chair.

It’s late August, 2005 and a perfect day for hurling in Nowlan Park. For once, a Dublin hurling team was travelling to Kilkenny’s back yard more in expectation than hope. Limerick were the opponents and the prize at stake was a place in the All-Ireland minor final.