Limerick are reporting a clean bill of health ahead of Sunday week's Munster SHC final against Cork at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

"The injury update is there's no injuries. Touch wood, it's a great place for us to be," manager John Kiely told RTÉ at yesterday's pre-final press event.

"We have one player who's nearly back with a hamstring, Eddie Stokes. This week, he'll re-engage with the group in a full capacity. Outside of that, we're in a great place.

"Touch wood, it's gone well for us and hopefully it'll stay that way."

Kiely also acknowledged the difficult job referees face from his own experience of handling in-house training matches.

"I referee our in-house games and, by Jesus, they're tough to catch everything," he admitted.

"I can tell you, Diarmaid Byrnes has stripped me on several occasions for decisions I have made that he won't agree with.

"It's an abrasive environment inside in the middle of it. You're trying to catch it as best you can and try to do it as close to what would be done on the day. They'll tell you straight out, I'm a crap referee."

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