Kilmallock totally focused for club semi-final with Portaferry

AIB All-Ireland Club SHC semi-final: Kilmallock v Portaferry: This afternoon, Kilmallock, Limerick and Munster champions, take on Ulster kingpins Portaferry in the All-Ireland club hurling semi-final.

Stow away your preconceptions, though. Kilmallock manager Ger ‘Sparrow’ O’Loughlin isn’t having any truck with your suggestions that his side are getting a useful run-out ahead of the decider on St Patrick’s Day. Granted, he’s been relying on DVDs and YouTube to get a sense of Portaferry, but what he’s seen has impressed him.

“There’s been a bit of that, going online and so forth to get a look at them, and we’ve been looking at DVDs to try and get a sense of who they are.