Family ties: Kilkenny and Limerick guaranteed to be a family affair

Altogether, a third of the Limerick team that started the All-Ireland semi-final win over Galway last Sunday week are emulating their fathers in wearing the green and white

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON: Limerick's Colin Coughlan and Gearoid Hegarty are both following in family footsteps. Pic: ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

With two sets of brothers in each panel, Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC final is guaranteed to be a family affair.

Kilkenny captain Richie Reid will hope to go one better than TJ did in 2010 and ‘19 and climb the Hogan Stand steps, while goalkeeper Eoin Murphy’s sibling Alan will be looking to be introduced as he has been in recent games.