The Munster hurling final commands a prominent position in Irish sporting folklore, and this year’s edition enhanced the legend that surrounds it.
A packed Semple Stadium, local rivalry, heavy conditions that lent itself to the fierce physicality, no little skill, an unbearably tight finish, extra time and, eventually, the team that has dominated the game in recent years underlining just why they are such great champions by coming out on top, just.
There was quite a bit of cross-pollination between the two camps also. Paul Kinnerk, though a Limerick native and former county footballer, comes from a Clare background and coached them to the 2013 All-Ireland.
