Alan Connolly key to Cork's hopes of ambushing Limerick

The Rebel County, blood and bandages, all these emotive things that you think of when you think about the Cork hurlers.

Some pride was restored with the performance against Clare but it still wasn't enough to get the job done. It’s last chance saloon now tonight, all in, and if you’re bluffing then the players across from you will know and they will punish you.

But what a saloon it’s going to be: Saturday night, full house by the Lee, the atmosphere will be electric. I was there for the Cork v Clare game and it was a mighty atmosphere but there’s something about a Saturday night game that brings that extra electricity, spice... call it what you like

And all these things added to the mix means that the potential for another cracker is certainly on the cards.

You can’t say that Cork are waiting in the long grass because everyone knows that when these two go at it there is usually nothing in it. Go back to the Gaelic Grounds last year and Cork are literally one puck of a ball away from advancing and the last time they played on a Saturday evening down in the Park it was a rip-roaring affair that ended in a draw.

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Highlights of last year's Munster SHC clash between Limerick and Cork

So for me this needs to be an ambush from Cork. They need to come out and throw everything they have got at Limerick, perhaps disband from the meticulous nature of tactics and zones for periods of the game and just go out and hurl.

Go man-on-man against the team who don’t mind what way you mix