Awesome second half leaves Limerick top of the world
The strength and power of the champions became a dominant factor but there was more to it than that. In the second half their score-taking was rampant and unerring, hit from either wing and points in between.
Orchestrating it all in a spectacular return to form was captain Cian Lynch. He had hinted at that emergence in the semi-final but this was glorious confirmation. His first half was as difficult as it was for the entire team. Their familiar attempts to play the ball through the lines created claustrophobia and bottlenecks.
After half time, as they hit their stride, the opposition press flagged and the movement became more menacing and incisive. Lynch was in the middle of it, his repertoire of flicks bringing the ball under control even in the face of the unruliest passes and forcing the hitherto influential Richie Reid to back-pedal a bit. ]
As Limerick’s top forward his travails must have made his team and support queasy. They were definitely off their game and they were playing second fiddle.
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