Jason Forde on fire again for lethal Premier

John Kiely insisted that Limerick would have a “right cut off” Tipperary and so it transpired.

Two days later, Tipperary will still be feeling the effects of this tussle. Limerick are back and Tipperary know it.

Match-winner Jason Forde himself experienced a wound in the warm-up, which required attention during Amhrán na bhFiann, but it didn’t stop him giving yet another piece of evidence that he is ready to become the player he had so long promised to be.