Championship Preview: I am the freetaker, Shane Dowling, Limerick

I came on against UCC in the Waterford Crystal in January, and the last time I hit a free was against Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final in August.

I’d say I missed four. I was horrendous.

The thing is practice. To get into the groove. I wouldn’t practice a whole lot, I’d do a few at training nowadays but once the clocks turn and the weather gets better, you just arrive on a half-hour early into training and hit 30 or 40 frees. I don’t have a real system or routine apart from that.