We want to just go out and win everything, says Byrnes

Limerick’s Diarmaid Byrnes insists qualifying for the Allianz Hurling League final — a first since 2006 — hadn’t been part of a grand plan for the season. Byrnes, who picked up the man of the match gong after the win against Dublin revealed: “We didn’t aim to be here, we just aim to win every match as we go out. We were in a position today to reach a final and we took our opportunity. You have to go back a long way now (to 2006) and the last league final so we are going to go up and enjoy it.”

They’ve enjoyed the last few months as well, as befits a team which ended a famine of over 40 years without an All-Ireland title. Byrnes stressed that those celebrations are now well and truly over, though.