Limerick lurking in long grass

THE first thing I want to do is to welcome the real Limerick team back to championship action.

It’s not just on behalf of Limerick hurling fans, who I know are as delighted as I am that the big boys are back, it’s on behalf of all hurling followers. You want to see the best teams competing in the championship, and we didn’t see that in Limerick last year – this year we will, and welcome that.

You have to give great credit to the way Donal O’Grady has handled it all this year – you’d nearly feel like heading for Knock to say a Novena for Limerick, such was the poor mouth coming from Donal. Fair play to him for trying but nobody is fooled, certainly no-one in Waterford.