The portents weren’t good for Limerick coming into this game and at half-time their prospects were beyond grim.
Trailing by 2-12 to 0-5 as Dublin strutted around the TUS Gaelic Grounds at their ease and effectively put the game to bed within 15 minutes, there was more gloom before the second half restarted with the news that 2022 All Star nominee Cian Sheehan, easily their best player in the first half, was not fit to continue.
But having averaged a point every two minutes or so in the first half, Dublin didn’t register another until the second half was 17 minutes old. In the meantime, Limerick had hit them for 1-3 and were playing with far more grunt.
