Former Waterford star Jim Greene has endorsed the county’s decision not to return to Thurles to face Tipperary in next month’s Munster SHC final.

Waterford’s goal scoring return of three goals in eight competitive games worries former All Star corner forward Jim Greene approaching tomorrow’s qualifier with Laois.

Ger Loughnane was right. Last Sunday night he called on one of the rich phrases from his beloved Gaeilge to suitably articulate what had transpired earlier. ‘Lá dar saol a bhí ann.’

They missed out on the big prize but yesterday proves their place in history is safe.

The GAA are to honour the 15 outstanding hurlers from the 1980s who were unsuccessful in annexing an All-Ireland winner’s medal.

Some of the greatest hurlers never to win an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship medal will have their contributions to the game acknowledged on All-Ireland finals day at Croke Park on Sunday week (September 8).

MICHAEL RYAN was on the Nire road last week when his phone rang.

WHEN Eddie Hogan emigrated to New York in 1985, he was leaving behind a different kind of famine.

Davy Fitzgerald's spell as Waterford senior hurling manager has been extended into a fourth championship season following last night’s specially convened meeting of the County Board.

DAVY FITZGERALD’S spell as Waterford senior hurling manager has been extended into a fourth championship season following last night’s specially convened meeting of the County Board.

Davy Fitzgerald has been reappointed as manager of the Waterford senior hurlers, following a special meeting of the Waterford GAA Board in Dungarvan tonight.

Waterford GAA chiefs last night began interviewing candidates to manage the county senior hurlers in 2011.

WATERFORD GAA chiefs last night began interviewing candidates to manage the county senior hurlers in 2011.

Outgoing manager Davy Fitzgerald faces competition from three fellow nominees for the position of Waterford senior hurling manager.

FORMER All-Ireland winning Kilkenny captain, Eddie O’Connor, is one of four nominations to become Waterford senior hurling manager.

DIARMUID O’FLYNN (DO’F): “Francis, you actually recorded a series of firsts in your career?”

LIMERICK GAA chiefs last night had received four nominations for the position of county senior hurling boss ahead of today’s deadline for submissions by clubs across the county with former playing legend Gary Kirby the only confirmed candidate after being nominated by his club Patrickswell to succeed Justin McCarthy.

KEVIN RYAN has sampled the big day atmosphere in Croke Park before with his native Waterford but today’s experience as he manages Carlow in the Christy Ring Cup final (4pm) will be far removed from that.

BY any yardstick, De La Salle’s qualification for today’s AIB All-Ireland club hurling final is a monumental achievement given that they were intermediate 10 years ago.

Kevin Ryan was ratified as the new Carlow senior hurling manager at a meeting of the Carlow County Board last night.

NEW Carlow manager Luke Dempsey is confident he can change the fortunes of the Division Four side.

LAOIS 4-18 CARLOW 3-11

AFTER masterminding Carlow’s greatest hurling hour last Sunday, Jim Greene found himself reluctantly slipping into the role of a killjoy.

IN A FORTNIGHT when we had fantastic games of hurling and football all the publicity for the GAA should have been positive, as our players served up many matches of great skill and sportsmanship.

WHAT a magnificent match in Tullamore yesterday evening, this 2008 Christy Ring final.

WHEN the Christy Ring championship was first introduced a few years ago, along with the Nicky Rackard Cup, the idea was to give the teams in the lower divisions a real target, a prestigious title at which to aim, with the further aim of raising the standards in all those divisions.

WESTMEATH manager Johnny Dooley has already vented his wrath at the GAA authorities over the fixing of the Christy Ring final for this evening in Croke Park at 7.30pm, a slot which he felt showed utter contempt for the hurlers of Westmeath and Carlow.

The 2008 Christy Ring Cup final will now take place in Tullamore on Sunday afternoon (throw-in 6pm), after both counties requested to have the game rescheduled.

Exactly 10 years ago Offaly's Johnny Dooley was in the midst of championship preperations in a season that would land the faithful their second All Ireland Senior Hurling title in 4 years.

FINALS of any description can be a trigger for nerves but both Westmeath and Carlow will be approaching Sunday’s Division Two decider with an air of calm, safe in the knowledge the hard work is already done.

The Carlow County Board have announced the appointment of Jim Greene as their senior hurling manager for next year, following a board meeting.

Corkman Justin McCarthy will manage the Waterford senior hurling team next season for what will be his sixth year in charge.

JUSTIN MCCARTHY has been re-appointed for a fifth season at the helm of Waterford hurling.

Corkman Justin McCarthy was handed another year at the helm of the Waterford senior hurlers last night.

WHEN, oh when, is the GAA going to do something about the standard of inter-county refereeing?

Don’t mention the war, we agreed. “I’ll meet on one condition”, laughed Waterford’s Jim Greene.

Jim Greene has stepped down as manager of Waterford hurling champions Mount Sion.

A HAT-TRICK of Waterford senior hurling championships wasn't enough to convince Jim Greene to remain on as Mount Sion manager.

KEN MCGRATH fell to his knees and began to cry at the final whistle. Few could blame him. Fewer still would not have felt Mount Sion’s pain.

MOUNT SION make just one change in personnel from the side that defeated Kilmaley for Sunday’s Munster club SHC decider against Toomevara at Semple Stadium.

FEARS that Mount Sion centre-forward Eoin McGrath fractured a thumb in Sunday’s Munster Club championship semi-final victory over Kilmaley have been allayed.