Conor Fogarty: Kilkenny looking inward ahead of All-Ireland final

Conor Fogarty and his Kilkenny team-mates will focus on performing to the best of their considerable abilities in Sunday's All-Ireland SHC final, rather than fixate on a formidable opponent who the Erin's Own clubman describes as having "very few weaknesses".

Limerick racked up a hat-trick of All-Ireland titles in their win over Kilkenny last July, but the winning margin was just two points.

However, this year's league decider pointed to a growing gulf between the Treaty men and the Cats, with John Kiely's charges running out empathic 2-20 to 0-15 victors.

"The fuel is there to try and win an All-Ireland and to try to turn them over this time, but we're focused on what we have to do ourselves and we aren't dwelling too much on the past at this stage," Fogarty said of the task in hand and those recent reversals.

"Preparations have been very good, the same as throughout the year, and we're fairly happy about how things have gone for us.

"I've probably been involved in eight All-Irelands at this stage, and it's no different to the first one, in that I'm really looking forward to it."

"I think it's been a fairly seamless transition since Derek came in"

The 33-year-old was giving nothing away about his side's game plan when he spoke to RTÉ Sport, but he admitted: "The thing with Limerick is that they have very few weaknesses. They have strength all over the field and they're a very hard working team.

"We'll have to bring everything to help turn them over ourselves. It's going to be a tough task, but we're feeling good and feeling up to the challenge."

Fogarty's senior inter-county career began just after current manager Derek Lyng's had drawn to a close.

The new man in charge had a daunting task in occupying Brian Cody's seat in the