Waterford manager Derek McGrath said he didn’t confront referee Alan Kelly at the end of yesterday’s game with Tipperary though his players were incensed by Kelly’s awarding of a goal from a Jason Forde free in the second half.

Cuala have just kept finding the answers when the hardest questions imaginable have been asked of them, writes Anthony Daly.

Managers always want to see their best-laid plans reflected on the field, but yesterday at Páirc Uí Rinn performance could take a back seat. In a relegation battle, it is only the result that matters, says Donal O’Grady.

“The record is not something we have brought up or even discussed,” said Na Piarsaigh manager Shane O’Neil after their Munster semi-final win over Blackrock.

The son of one of the three women killed in last Friday’s horrific accident in Co Louth has said a tearful farewell to the tragic friends.

Some of Waterford’s players were still in the shower as Brian Cody waited to enter the dressing room and pass on Kilkenny’s congratulations.

Waterford boss Derek McGrath said Cork were “full value” for their Munster SHC semi-final win yesterday, saying his side had been “chasing” the game all afternoon.

In the stand but making the most of it. Davy Fitzgerald is the subject of a forthcoming episode of RTÉ’s Living with Lucy and the Wexford boss took the chance to get some filming done yesterday.

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Ballygunner 4-20 Passage 1-12: The memory of the late Pat Flynn was honoured in style by his Ballygunner clubmen as they claimed a thoroughly convincing third consecutive senior county title in front of a disappointing 3,811 Walsh Park crowd.

Ken McGrath and Conor Phelan were part of the Waterford and Kilkenny panels that contested an All-Ireland semi-final in 2004. McGrath captained Waterford to that season’s Munster title. Then a student at Waterford Institute of Technology, Phelan now works there as GAA development officer. Both men have also suffered serious health issues. They chatted hurling and heart problems...

Jack and Emily remain the most popular baby names in Ireland, but 50 years ago John and Mary were the top choices for parents.

Na Piarsaigh (Limerick) 2-18 Ballygunner (Waterford) 2-11: Na Piarsaigh’s greater experience and physicality served them well yesterday in Semple Stadium, as they turned on the afterburners in the second-half to beat Ballygunner to the Munster Club senior hurling title.

Ballygunner manager Denis Walsh pointed to the Na Piarsaigh purple patch after half-time as the turning point of yesterday’s Munster Club senior hurling final.

Maurice Shanahan had registered two poor wides inside the opening five minutes when his big brother raced onto the Semple Stadium turf, a brief and passionate exchange ensuing.

"By God, give me the pain, but don’t give me the shame."

Philip Mahony admits his brother Pauric faces a more arduous road to recovery than he did last year when he suffered a double leg fracture and a broken ankle.

Erin’s Own 2-22 Carrigtwohill 0-16: Erin’s Own looked comfortable winners throughout this Cork SHC first-round tie in Lisgoold on Saturday night.

Further talks between teacher unions and the Department of Education over the next five weeks will be key to the chances of a positive outcome on changes to junior cycle education.

Anthony Nash will always be remembered for the role he played in revolutionising penalties in hurling, but the Cork goalkeeper has gone on record to say that he couldn’t care if he never took one again.

Austin Gleeson will not be returned to the Waterford forward unit to compensate for the loss of Pauric Mahony, manager Derek McGrath insists.

Waterford captain Kevin Moran says it is imperative the Déise hurling camp do not allow Pauric Mahony’s season-ending injury take from the momentum of their league-winning campaign.

Waterford manager Derek McGrath has backed Pauric Mahony to show resilience and make a full recovery from a season-ending injury.

A ban by two teacher unions on members taking up online junior cycle reform training in their own time has been criticised by Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan.

Corner-back Tom Fox's point on 80 minutes ensured this dramtic Fitzgibbon Cup final would require a second day out.

Derek McGrath marvelled at how Pauric Mahony is settling into a leadership role with the team.

To see her three-year-old girl take her first proper steps just a few days ago was “like winning the Lotto to us”, said Laura Leathem.

Richie Foley will miss the remainder of Waterford’s Allianz National Hurling League campaign after undergoing major surgery for a second successive year.

The Waterford hurlers face into the new season without their two first choice midfielders from last summer's Championship, Stephen Molumphy and Philip Mahony.

With a host of inter-county stars on board, Mary Immaculate College cruised to success in the Ryan Cup final on Saturday in the Mardyke.

TRY, try and try again goes the legend of Robert the Bruce, the persistence of a spider in his hideout cave at Rathlin Island persuading the Scottish lord to go back and have one last lash at gaining the throne, which of course he succeeded in doing.

IT was freakish, it was stunning and it was painful. Three years ago, Darach Honan stood in Cusack Park and readied himself for the coronation of Clare as Munster U21 hurling champions for the first time.

TIPPERARY U21 boss Ken Hogan feels greater consideration should be given to the scheduling of the Munster hurling championships, as his charges prepare to face Waterford in tonight’s provincial quarter-final — just three days after the county senior side defeated Cork.

WATERFORD hurling star Eoin Kelly has rubbished suggestions he will not be lining out for the county next season, saying he is looking forward to working with manager Davy Fitzgerald and his new selectors.

Laois selector Dermot Murphy says that his players haven't got carried away in the fuss surrounding the omission of key forward Donie Brennan from the O'Moore squad for Sunday week's Leinster SFC clash with Louth at Parnell Park.