HURLING manager Derek McGrath once described Jamie Barron as a “free spirit”. On reflection, it’s a description the top player agrees with.

Back-to-back All-Star Jamie Barron has admitted a large part of his reason for pursuing a teaching job is to aid his inter-county hurling career.

No fear of Croke Park and no fear of Kilkenny. Jamie Barron knows it’s easy for him to say such things but he’s the utmost confidence that Waterford won’t suffer from stage-fright or ailurophobia (a fear of Cats).