HE’S DONE CAN..

OLLIE

protecting the players was the right approach to take, well so be it, more power to him.

“They did their bit of media work early on and I think generally there’s not the same expectation now on players to be rolled out to the public like there maybe used to.”

Former Dublin star Ryan O’dwyer, a Tipperary man, claimed recently that three Limerick players attended the opening of a sports shop a few days before the 2007 final loss to Kilkenny.

There was no danger of that sort of distraction under Kiely’s watch and Moran added: “This team seems to be mature beyond its years. They carry themselves well and I don’t get any sense their heads have been turned.”