Seamus Flanagan: If someone gives 100%, Limerick will give 110%

Just shy of 20 minutes in Seamus Flanagan’s company is enough to understand the flame still burns in Limerick. The bonfires that heralded last August’s All-Ireland triumph have long since been extinguished but within these young men there remains a fury.

That has been suggested in plenty of what has been said by them in the wake of that glory. Defending a title doesn’t mean going on the defensive. Flanagan makes big claims because he expects to back it up.