League final preview: Kilkenny will enjoy being dismissed

This is a fact-finding exercise for Derek Lyng more than anything else. They can throw plenty at Limerick seeing as they face Westmeath in Round 1 of the Leinster SHC

WRITTEN OFF: Cian Kenny of Kilkenny in action against Damien Cahalane of Cork during the semi-final at UMPC Nowlan Park. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Allianz Hurling League Division 1 final: Kilkenny v Limerick, Páirc Uí Chaoimh 2pm (P. O’Dwyer, Carlow) Live TG4.

A question to start with: when was the last time the previous season’s All-Ireland finalists faced off again in a Division 1 final?