PLAYING second fiddle throughout most of a pedestrian opening half, Abbeyside upped the tempo on the turnover in Dungarvan on Saturday and deservedly fashioned a five-point victory that qualified them for the penultimate round of the Waterford SHC for the first time in more than three decades.

TALLOW and Ballyduff Lower remain in the top flight of Waterford senior hurling championship — for a few more days — after Saturday’s relegation play off at Fraher Field, Dungarvan finished all square.