Limerick's O'Dea striving on...but wouldn't mind having Hegarty beside him

Through down times and on to better days, 'leaving the jersey in better place' has always been the goal 

No holding him back: Tipperary's Luke Boland tackles Limerick's Sean O'Dea. Pic: INPHO/Ken Sutton

Sean O’Dea can recall the 2004 Munster football final well. You just have to ask him.

“The drawn game, those two 45s," he says. “It felt like they (Limerick) kind of deserved it but sometimes to get over the line you’ve to almost be so much better than a team like Kerry who are so experienced.