Limerick and Tipperary: Two counties at a crossroads

Limerick turning Tipperary over is hardly something the Munster championship or the Gaelic Grounds hasn’t seen before yet there was something novel and different about this.

It wasn’t an ambush like 2013, or another one-score grindout like the wins down in Cork in ’95 and ’96 or the stirring comeback in the league final of ’92 when, not for the last time, Ciaran Carey showcased his capacity to surge upfield and score inspirational, clutch points.

It wasn’t even like 2014 when Shane Dowling roofed a bullet to the net in a shootout below in Thurles and they arguably outhurled Tipp even though Tipp had the better hurlers.