Na Piarsaigh ace Shane Dowling points out that favouritism counts for nothing unless the players deliver.

The Limerick champions are 1/2 shots to see off Ballygunner in Sunday's Munster Club SHC final - a repeat of the 2011 provincial clash of the same two sides:

"They probably will want to get a bit of revenge because we went on to win it that year. They might have looked at it as one that got away," the Treaty County attacker notes in The Irish Times.

"Listen, I know it's a cliche, Paddy Power probably have us as red-hot favourites but, I've said it before, Paddy Power has never played hurling because if he did, Thurles would be in the final and not us.

"I don't pay too much heed to that because in 2011 we looked ahead of where we should have been looking and we got sent home with our tails between our legs above in Parnell Park.

"So if we're beaten on Sunday, it certainly won't be from looking ahead, it'll be down to Ballygunner probably being better than us on the day."

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