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Relentless, swarming, punishing green shirts suck the life out of opponents. Its just a question of when, not if

The first inkling to the outside world that it was a possibility came with O’Donoghue warming up in a pod with half-backs Diarmaid Byrnes and Hayes ahead of the throw-in.

'There's not really a timeline. I just got a bit of a nick on my knee so it just depends on how it recovers now in the next few weeks.'

It wasn’t without controversy, however, with referee Liam Gordon having to be escorted off the pitch at the final whistle after failing to award what appeared to be an obvious free in front of the Limerick posts for Clare after Peter Casey shouldered Tony Kelly into the chest.

The team is completed by four Kilkenny men, three from Clare and a single Galway representative

There's been a backlash to this fundraising drive by the All-Ireland champions

The Cats can learn from how Galway created so many scoring opportunities against the champions

The Treaty skipper will be hoping to lead his team up the steps yet again on Sunday

The three-time All-Ireland winning skipper avoided Kilkenny's semi-final win over Clare