Hickey: We threw kitchen sink at it

“LIKE trying to climb Mount Everest when you’ve been practising on Carrantuohill,” was how Limerick boss Donal O’Grady described how Division Two hurling would prepare his side for their June 12 Munster championship semi-final with Waterford.

In game terms this was no Mount Everest, admittedly, but neither was it Carrantuohill – we prefer the summation of magnificent centre-back, Seamus Hickey.

“It was a cauldron,” said Hickey. “They came at us, but the prize (today) was huge and I think that told in the frantic nature of the game. A lot of the game, if you weren’t fully tuned in, it passed you by.”