CHAMPIONS AND CHALLENGERS

ARE LIMERICK HURLERS ONE-SEASON WONDERS, OR ARE THEY IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL? MARTIN BREHENYRUNSTHERULEOVEROVERTHEALL-IRELANDCHAMPIONSASTHEYFACETHEACID LEAGUETESTINKILKENNY. PLUS IRELAND FULL-BACK ROB KEARNEY TALKS FRANKLY TO RÚAIDHRÍ O’CONNOR ABOUT HIS DISAPPOINTMENT IN MISSING THE SIX NATIONS OPENER AGAINST ENGLAND ONLY IN MONDAY’S IRISH INDEPENDENT