Game against Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final comes after traditional hiatus that follows Munster final win
Limerick’s Gearoid Hegarty celebrates scoring his sides first goal. Photograph: James Crombie/InphoThere aren’t too many boxes left for the Limerick hurlers to tick at this stage but successfully navigating the traditional hiatus that follows a Munster final win is one of them.
Galway are hoping to hit Croke Park with similar momentum this Sunday, 15 days after their own quarter-final win over Cork. “I’m sure the lads would have learned a lot from 2019 in terms of how to prepare us best. To be honest, I believe there is a little bit too much made of this four-week break. We went back training the Wednesday night after the Munster final so you had a three-and-a half week lead in to the next game. That’s not that long in my opinion.
“He’s the best hurler in Ireland in my opinion, definitely in the top two or three anyway,” said Hegarty of Lynch. “To be able to hopefully add somebody like that in when you are going to Croke Park, and when we haven’t been beaten yet this year, is unbelievable. It’s incredible to be able to do that, so hopefully all goes well and we add him back in but I think we’ve dealt with it well. You take any other county’s best player out of their team and see how they get on.