John Kiely: We go out every day believing we are going to win

Five points may have been the turnaround but there was a lot more to Limerick’s 12-month transformation from losing to Kilkenny on July 1 last year to beating them earlier this month.

And the metamorphosis is anything but finished, John Kiely knows. The Limerick boss used the time wisely in the aftermath of their 2017 Championship exit — instead of wallowing in defeat he was already looking down the road and new challenges and objectives.