“It’s not every day you get to play in a Munster final” | Sean O’Dea excited ahead of the Munster Football Final

The Munster Senior Football Championship final between Limerick and Kerry is to be settled this Saturday at the Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney.

Limerick will be desperate to end their over 100 year long Munster Championship trophy drought, the last time the Shannonsiders claimed the football trophy the year was 1896.

If the drought is ever to end this year would be an excellent time to do it as Billy Lee has managed to transform his side over the last couple of years into one of immense talent.

Huge wins over both Clare and Tipperary are great markers of proof of their improvement but Kerry is always a daunting task with the bookies having the Kingdom at 16-point favourites.

Limerick look to play expansive style of football when attacking, playing from the back and building phases is a bug that most teams seem to have caught in recent seasons.

The benefits of having the ball for a longer build up just allows the players in front to make more space, and Limerick corner back Sean O’Dea talked about the effectiveness of the style and how Limerick, like most teams, have embraced it.

“The game has evolved, particularly when you see teams like Tyrone and Armagh probably kicked it off in the mid naughty’s that attacking from the full back line can make your life a lot easier and I suppose that’s something that we’ve all kind of embraced.”

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Having soldiered with the Limerick side for the best part of a decade, O’Dea will be featuring a first Munster final on Saturdy

The Kilteery Dromkeen man and his fellow players are under no illusions of the task at hand but are looking to embrace every moment of being out on the pitch on Saturday,

“It’s something that we’ve talked about that we want to make sure we enjoy the occasion and not shut ourselves off from it. We’re going to be focused on what we do, we’re going to be focused on our game plan but like at the same time I think we’re going to try and look around and just embrace the fact that it’s not every day you get to play in a Munster final.”

Hear the full interview with O’Dea in full below.