Limerick's Barry Nash savours ‘magic feeling’

Nash's 44th-minute point against Kilkenny helped turn the tide, moving Limerick back to within a score – it was the second point in a run of 10 of the next 11 scores

UNDER PRESSURE: Barry Nash of Limerick gets his strike away despite the best efforts of Kilkenny's Tom Phelan. Pic: INPHO/Bryan Keane

Four in a row for Limerick with Barry Nash consistently number four throughout.

Consistency is something that Limerick hurling couldn’t claim to have at any stage down the decades. Great days against Tipperary and Waterford in 2007, contrasted with limping out to Clare and Offaly the following year. Even in the 1990s, after securing Munster in 1994 and 1996, the Treaty struggled for nearly a decade, with a Munster final appearance in 2001 a rare highlight during years of difficulties both on and off the pitch.