The former Tipperary goalkeeper Brendan Cummins was speaking on the RTE GAA podcast this week and explained why he thinks Limerick have a massive advantage in Croke Park ahead of all the others, quoted by balls.ie 

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“I think the game in Croke Park is played slightly differently in Munster.

I think Clare have suffered in that. In Munster, it’s blood and thunder and ‘we’ll all kill each other’. But the stickwork and athleticism that Limerick have will kill every team in Croke Park.

Or when they get them in Páirc Ui Chaoimh as we’ve seen in previous games. It’s a racetrack down there…

They kept on running and running and running. And eventually, you can’t track the runners. And that’s what happened in the last five minutes of the first half. Kilkenny just couldn’t keep their foot on them because Limerick are so powerful and so strong.

The big problem for Henry [Shefflin] and Derek Lyng and every other manager. They’re looking at this and saying I’m not sure what else we could have done.”