Enda McEvoy: Limerick must remind themselves they are bacon and cabbage

The last men to leave the arena in 2014 and the last men to enter it in 2015. 

The champions and the men who were three inches and one Hawkeye hiccup away from being champions. The men — the ones in stripes — who don’t have to win this All Ireland and the men — the guys with the hoop — who pretty much do.

No, it’s not the case that if Tipperary “don’t win it this year, they’ll never win it”, as half the country seems to be saying. Every new year brings fresh opportunity and Tipp will be on or near the front row of the starting grid for each of the next five seasons. For the survivors of 2010, however, this championship is the chance to make sure they’re in the new manager’s plans and will be around the place for another few years.