Bomber Liston, Tomás Ó Sé and kicking sleeping dogs in the midday sun?

Last year, I was out of the country for the Munster final.

My mother-in-law happened to be celebrating a big birthday so the whole family was booked on a flight to Lanzarote. Obviously I wasn’t part of the consultation process on the dates.

Now, if you cast you mind back a short 12 months ago, Kerry were heading to Páirc Ui Chaoimh under a dark cloud of trepidation and uncertainty. We were in full transition mode after being mauled by the Rebels in Tralee a short spell previous and only hung on by our finger nails to our Division One league status.