There’s only one possible starting point in any Waterford hurling conversation this week: Last Sunday’s trick sideline cut, when Waterford were trying to reel in Galway’s lead in their rescheduled Allianz Hurling League clash.

Derek McGrath is discussing the sanctity of the dressing room. It couldn’t be more important now as seemingly everyone but John Mullane has them down to be also-rans in Munster this year.

Waterford 0-19 Wexford 2-20: Wexford’s match sharpness was a critical ingredient in their emphatic win over Waterford in this Allianz Division 1A opener at Walsh Park yesterday.

Another September. Dreams fled away, as Thomas Kinsella used to say.

From a distance, the world looks maroon and white this morning.

Not many counties have managed the full set in the one calendar year but this was all about the moment Galway captain David Burke trotted up the steps of the Hogan Stand just after five o’clock and raised the last bit of silverware high above his head.

Donal O’Grady gives his tactical breakdown of an intriguing All-Ireland final.

The excitement in Waterford is unbelievable but people outside of the team bubble must respect that bubble. Give the lads their own space. If he’s having lunch, let him have his lunch in peace. You can get his autograph next month, writes Tony Browne.

By Creggan Kickhams 1-11 Ballysaggart 1-07

Ballysaggart 5-12 Creggan Kickhams 2-21 (AET)

Ballysaggart (Waterford) 4-13 Calry/St Joseph’s (Sligo) 0-08

AIB has announced some management changes aimed at rebuilding the bank’s credit and risk infrastructure.

GOOD times for Denis Ring’s Blackwater Community School in Lismore.