Hurling Tactics: Did Tipperary show Waterford the key to getting at the Limerick defence?

Limerick will try to make the middle third no country for Déise men

18 July 2021; John O'Dwyer of Tipperary shoots past Seán Finn and Limerick goalkeeper Nickie Quaid to score his side's second goal, in the 19th minute, during the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Final match between Limerick and Tipperary at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

In the lead up to the 2020 All-Ireland hurling final there were questions over Waterford’s ability to run possession against Limerick in order to generate enough scores from play to win the game.

The reason for the questions over Liam Cahill’s team were due to the Déise only scoring 12 points in the Munster final yet they had just come out of an All-Ireland semi-final against Kilkenny where they scored 2-21 (27) from play. Something had to give!