Tipp too strong for Limerick’s new blood

Limerick 1-11 Tipperary 2-14

Since the turn of the millennium there has only been one team capable of challenging the duopoly of Cork and Kerry in Munster. While they were always the nearly men against the kingpins, Limerick were very much the leaders of the chasing pack.

But on Saturday in the Gaelic Grounds they fielded seven debutants. The old guard gone. Just a few of the big guns remain in Stephen Lucey and John Galvin. And it showed.