Anthony Daly: Limerick have planted a flag. Have they sowed a seed of doubt?

'I’m sure Limerick celebrated this hard last night. I wouldn’t be surprised if they stopped off in Charleville on the way home to rub it in'

SOME SAVE: Limerick goalkeeper Nickie Quaid gets his hurley to Diarmuid Healy’s goalbound effort to deflect it outside the post, a crucial stop as it turned out, in Sunday’s Munster SHC final at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Despite all he achieved with Liverpool, one of the outstanding sporting images of Graham Souness' career was when he was manager of Galatasaray in 1995 and he nearly sparked a riot when placing a large club flag into the centre circle of the pitch of arch rivals Fenerbahçe after Gala had beaten them in the 1996 Turkish Cup final.

The image drew comparisons with Turkish hero Ulubatlı Hasan, who was killed as he planted the Ottoman flag at the end of the Siege of Constantinople, which earned Souness the nickname ‘Ulubatlı Souness’.