Limerick's young guns leading the charge - Declan Hannon

Back in February Limerick got their Allianz League campaign off to a great start with a huge win over Antrim.

What was notable was that their rookie full-forward line of Shane O'Brien, Adam English and Donnacha Ó Dálaigh contributed 1-22 of their scoreline in a 27-point victory.

That youthful production channel has been tapped into in each game since, with the young guns really coming up trumps in the Munster championship.

In the recent provincial final, O'Brien managed 0-02 with Cathal O’Neill, and Adam English scoring a point each.

In the earlier group game against Clare, O'Neill hit 0-02, Ó Dálaigh came off the bench to shoot 1-01, Conor Boylan came on for Tom Morrissey, Adam English was introduced for Will O'Donoghue and Aidan O'Connor came in for Aaron Gillane.

Against Tipp, O’Neill was again on fire with three points while Ó Dálaigh came in and scored another point, Adam English came in for Cian Lynch and hit four points. That day also saw Colin Coughlan and Conor Boylan introduced as subs.

Against Waterford, O’Neill hit a brace of points once more. Shane O’Brien was introduced and managed three, English came on and scored one, as did Boylan, whilst Fergal O’Connor and Ó Dálaigh got more championship game time.

It was no different when they played Cork with O’Neill, English and Aidan O’Connor all on the scoresheet whilst Fergal O’Connor, Boylan and Ó Dálaigh again all saw action.

When the Dublin footballers were on their relentless march under Jim Gavin, their bench had a huge impact and presence.

It has been the same for Limerick this year, only many of their players coming in are much younger and less experienced than the some of the stars Dublin had on hand.

"The panel of players for every game, especially this year with