TJ Ryan is under no illusions about the task facing Limerick on Sunday.

After a disappointing 2013 by their own incredibly high standards, Kilkenny have regained their old swagger this season and go into Sunday's All-Ireland SHC semi-final as hot favourites.

"If you take last year out of Kilkenny's form, it's impeccable," the Treaty County boss notes in the Limerick Leader.

"This year they have been really good, they won the Leinster final and beat the Leinster champions comfortably enough and are back in semi-final.

"They have a forward line and I would say if eight sat down to pick the Kilkenny forwards to start the next day that none of us might get it right. They have an awful lot of options and probably 10 fellas that could play on any given day. There is an embarrassment of riches there in that forward line. I have put three or four forward lines that could play but I don't know."

"We have a real challenge ahead of us because Kilkenny are absolute masters at trying to get fellas free (from defenders)," he added. Tweet

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