Naughton’s on border patrol

TO the majority of hurling observers, they are a band of unknowns thrust into championship combat but Cork’s Cathal Naughton has plenty of insight into the Limerick players that face him in Páirc Uí Chaoimh tomorrow.

His home in Newtownshandrum skirts the Cork/Limerick border and offers him an intimate knowledge of club players around the south Limerick area.

Clubs like Bruree, Kildimo and Monagea which supply members of tomorrow’s Limerick starting 15 are not alien to him.