Byrnes: Big half-time pep talk fired Limerick to four-in-a-row glory

Limerick responded in style to a half-time deficit

Limerick’s Mike Casey and Diarmaid Byrnes tackle TJ Reid of Kilkenny

John Kiely and his players tossed the credit back and forth between each other for Limerick's wherewithal to respond - first to Kilkenny's three-point half-time lead, then to the sucker punch of a Paddy Deegan goal in the 42nd minute.

Towering wing-back Diarmaid Byrnes felt the team needed a “big talk” from their management team at half-time to drive them on to a fourth All-Ireland victory in succession.