Former Limerick captain Declan Hannon says he anticipates “a belting game again” between the Treaty men and Cork in this Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1A final.

Hannon, who retired from inter-county duty this past October, has been impressed with Limerick’s consistency in the league since their opening round loss to Waterford.

The bookmakers have John Kiely’s side as favourites to dethrone the Rebels of their league crown at the TUS Gaelic Grounds and, speaking to RTE Sport, Hannon feels that there’ll be no shortage of determination within the group to capture what would be their first national title in three years.

"The appetite is always there but I suppose the couple of years of disappointments definitely helps," said the five-time All-Ireland winning captain.

"It makes you more angry or just sharpens the tools a small bit then for going into the next year.

“They've been really, really solid in the league. They lost the first round to Waterford but since then they've been going really well and showing real signs of progress.

"That's what they're looking for, just trying to get better and better every match they play and they're doing that at the minute.

"The league final now will be the biggest test of that."

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