Marathon Munster run will suit youthful Limerick

Limerick’s players didn’t need the dust to settle on their six-point win over Tipperary to realise the margin didn’t flatter them in the slightest. When they return to training this evening, John Kiely may even use it as a stick to beat them with.

But they won’t need much reminding. Soon after the final whistle, the likes of Kyle Hayes and Diarmuid Byrnes were acknowledging they could have been better.

“I said from the very start that this campaign was going to suit us,” said Hayes. “It’s more games, a young team and this game will stand to us and hopefully we’ll push it on again.”