Daniel Hussey

It's a crazy thing.

And it's great for Offaly, who sort of have all these young players coming through.

It was taking them a long time to get there.

But yeah, Kilkenny is the story.

And not people have been bored of Kilkenny, but their domination of Leinster, maybe not the All-Ireland Series, as we know, last few years.

But Leinster Hurling has been huge.

So to have them gone...

Dublin and Galway is great.

Yeah, a small bit.

And what's happened the last few years with Dublin is low floor, high ceiling.

So they produce these fantastic performances and can't back it up like last year, Limerick in the quarterfinal and Cork in the semifinal.

But this year they have managed to put a run of results, not just results, but performances.

So while that performance against Kilkenny was great, there was still plenty to work on.

It is the Parnell Park factor, though.

I think Dublin play very well in Parnell Park.

Can they produce a proper performance in Crowe Park, which they'll need to, not just in the Leinster final, but maybe beyond that as well.

Well, if anyone can, it's Limerick.

This is basically the third big clash, I would call it, of the year.

They had the National League final, the Munster group stage game.

And all things being equal, I think both these counties will expect to see each other again in an all-Ireland final as both will be separate sides of the draw.