Limerick tick every box as All-Ireland champions in waiting

Tom Morrissey of Limerick in action against Cathal Barrett of Tipperary last weekend. Neither the weather nor the All-Ireland champions made a mark on the Shannonsiders. Picture: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile
They had the scoring power, the physicality, and, above all, they had the class, the latter being very difficult to exhibit in such horrible conditions.

Having got a bye into the qualifiers gives them that extra breathing space, but too many of their big guns did not perform on Sunday in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Joe Canning wasn’t hugely influential from general play, but he punished Wexford indiscretion with points.
