They have knocked at the provincial title door for years and made a successful attempt at the start of another tilt at Munster in the Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

Leitrim sent Waterford home pointless from their long journey to Carrick-on-Shannon.

WATERFORD manager John Owens vowed to get over the loss of the O’Gorman brothers and set a Munster final as a target for his players following yesterday’s loss to IT Tralee at Carriganore.

HOLDERS Stradbally suffered their first defeat in the Waterford SFC at Fraher Field, Dungarvan, on Saturday evening going down 0-8 to 0-4 to a Nire side brilliantly led by county hurling stars Liam Lawlor and Shane ‘Brick’ Walsh.

Conor Phelan has been brought into the Waterford team for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier clash with Limerick.

WATERFORD boss John Owens has revealed that midfielder Tommy Prendergast will be sidelined for the rest of the year as he recovers from a freak shoulder injury that has left him hospitalised for the last few weeks.

ALL-IRELAND winning Cork manager Conor Counihan insists his side are ignoring ‘silly talk doing the rounds’ ahead of Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final against Waterford at Páirc Ui Chaoimh.

THE mantle of favouritism is one Waterford footballers are unaccustomed to holding entering championship clashes, but they managed to cope with that pressure effectively at a sweltering Fraher Field, Dungarvan yesterday.

I TOOK a trip down memory lane yesterday when I attended the Munster senior football championship quarter-final between Waterford and Clare in Fraher Field, Dungarvan.

Waterford 1-10 Clare 0-9, Dungarvan

TWO of Munster football’s lesser lights convened in Croke Park on Saturday afternoon with a more seasoned and experienced Limerick outfit carrying off the honours in an excellent Allianz NFL Division 4 decider.

Limerick 1-16 Waterford 1-14

JIM McGRATH knows all about the dog days of Waterford football.

THEY may be on the cusp of promotion from football’s basement division but those in the Waterford ranks aren’t about to celebrate just yet.

WATERFORD football boss John Owens has revealed dual stars Gary Hurney and Shane Walsh are set to concentrate solely on hurling this year.

All-Ireland champions Kerry required two late goals from target man Kieran Donaghy to beat Waterford 2-12 to 3-5 in this afternoon's McGrath Cup quarter-final clash at Fitzgerald Stadium.

DOES anybody care about the M Donnelly GAA interprovincial football semi-finals taking place this weekend?

Meath 1-20 Waterford 0-08

LIAM O LÍONÁIN does a neat line in pragmatism. The Waterford footballers face a steep incline in their opening championship challenge this Sunday and the An Rinn attacker needs scant reminding of the populist view which has Cork as overwhelming favourites.

A late point from Paul Earls earned Wicklow a 0-15 to 2-09 draw in their Allianz NFL Division 4 clash with Waterford at Aughrim today - but this was a game they could so easily have won.

Waterford 3-11 IT Tralee 3-09

RING, Ireland’s smallest gaeltacht, claimed another accolade at the weekend by landing their first Waterford IHC title after a cracking final at Fraher Field Dungarvan.

Waterford 0-07 Clare 0-9

Gary Hurney and Liam Lawlor, two players who were recently called up to Justin McCarthy's injury-hit hurling panel, have been named in the Waterford side for Sunday's Munster SFC quarter-final meeting with Clare (Cusack Park, throw-in 3.30pm).

KERRY teenage sensation Tommy Walsh was the name on everyone’s lips following Munster’s victory Leinster in a low-intensity M Donnelly Interprovincial Football semi-final at Fermoy on Saturday.

Munster 2-11 Leinster 0-12

MUNSTER football manager Sean Geaney last night joined the chorus of criticism regarding the timing of the inter-provincial championship. His selection options for tomorrow’s football semi-final against Leinster in Fermoy have been decimated by a combination of factors.

WATERFORD give a Munster SFC debut to corner-forward Jason Ryan for Sunday’s first-round game against provincial champions Kerry at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney.

DCU 0-8 UCC 0-6

WATERFORD football manager John Kiely wants his side to build on Sunday’s NFL victory over Sligo.

UCC have named the same team that defeated Clare in the quarter-final for Sunday’s McGrath Cup semi-final against Kerry in Killarney.

Louth 1-12 Waterford 1-8

Seanie Buckley, Padraig Browne and Michael Crowley will make their first championship starts for Liam Kearns' Limerick in Sunday's Munster SFC semi-final meeting with All-Ireland champions Kerry at the Gaelic Grounds.

WATERFORD hurling manager Justin McCarthy has made three changes from the team that failed to Galway last Sunday for tomorrow’s NHL tie with Clare in Dungarvan.

CIT 3-8 UCC 2-8

THERE are four debutantes on the Cork Senior football team for Sunday’s Munster Championship semi-final against Kerry in Killarney.