Four-in-a-row for brilliant Ballygunner

Ballygunner 2-18 De La Salle 0-16: Not since the 1950s has club hurling in Waterford seen such domination.
Four-in-a-row for brilliant Ballygunner

It was the men from Mount Sion who ruled back then, winning a remarkable nine consecutive county titles between 1953 and 1961. Throw in their win of ’51 and hardly anyone else got a look in during that decade.

This present Ballygunner crop have a bit to go before they can be put on the same pedestal as that Mount Sion group, but Fergal Hartley’s charges are certainly right up there in terms of outstanding Waterford club teams. Just look at the winning margin from their four consecutive county final wins.

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