Reality check required, only 6 weeks ago Kilkenny were like a hungover Junior B team making Matthew O Hanlon look like the reincarnation of ChuCullainn.
Worse than that Clare looked as if they were training for Limerick on Sunday.
Now ultimately theyāve got egg on their face in that regard but Limerick will allow space in a certain quarter and Clare looked to play that percentage last Sunday. 26 wides, if 50% are converted we have a classic, if only 75% are converted Clare win pulling up.
The last POWER RANKINGS of the year. Iāll put where they were ranked in March of this year in (brackets).
(1) Limerick
(7) Kilkenny
(2) Galway
(9) Clare
(4) Cork
(3) Wexford
(8) Dublin
(5) Waterford
(6) Tipperary
(11) Antrim
(13) Westmeath
(14) Kerry
(10) Laois
(12) Offaly
Congrats to Limerick for staying on top. Well done to all those teams that improved over the year. Hard luck to those that slipped down the rankings; the only way is up.