EVEN epics throw up questions to be answered. The Cork-Waterford All-Ireland quarter-final last Sunday left both teams with issues that need to be addressed.

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.

TWO of Waterford's most renowned hurling clubs find themselves in the last chance saloon this weekend, with one destined to surrender their senior championship status for 2005.

Justin McCarthy has been reappointed Waterford senior hurling manager for another year.

Waterford are set to re-appoint hurling boss Justin McCarthy and his selection team of Nicky Cashin, Seamie Hannon and Kevin Ryan.

GAA President Sean Kelly has voiced his backing for the historic new Belfast stadium proposal.

WATERFORD U21 football boss Pat Nugent has resigned from his role disillusioned with the treatment of the code in the county.

IT was Clare goalkeeper Davy Fitzgerald who put it best when he acknowledged that Waterford were so good in Thurles yesterday, they might well have beaten the pick of the country.

PETER QUEALLY is the new physical trainer and selector with the Waterford senior footballers - a move that probably rules out any return to the hurling panel.

WATERFORD hurling manager Justin McCarthy and fellow selectors Nicky Cashin, Seamie Hannon and Kevin Ryan will announce a training panel for the 2004 National League campaign this week.

WATERFORD County Board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan moved speedily yesterday to confirm his and his board’s total confidence in hurling manager Justin McCarthy, in the wake of claims by some players that they will not play for the county again under the former Cork All-Ireland star.

MOUNT SION’S Kevin Ryan will complete the Waterford senior hurling management team.

Waterford hurling manager Justin McCarthy has been ratified to continue on for another term by his county board despite a less than successful year.

FORMER Waterford star Jim Greene has confirmed his candidature for the vacant post of Waterford senior hurling manager following the expiry of Justin McCarthy’s two-year term.

IF Wexford beat Antrim next Sunday in the All-Ireland SHC quarter-final, they will meet Cork in the semi-final.

FOR neighbouring counties, it’s noteworthy that Waterford and Wexford have no real tradition of meetings in major hurling games, either at under age or adult level.

WATERFORD will have an injury free panel for Saturday’s make or break All-Ireland hurling qualifier against Wexford at Nowlan Park.

THE Cork senior hurling selectors last night announced an unchanged team for next Sunday's Guinness Munster SHC final clash with Waterford at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

Cometh the hour, cometh the man, the saying goes. In a euphoric winning Waterford dressingroom on Saturday night there was unanimity on who that man was.

ON THE eve of the eagerly awaited Munster SHC semi-final replay at Semple Stadium, Waterford chairman Paddy Joe Ryan said while they expect another “mighty” Limerick onslaught he is confident that they will emerge victorious to claim a place in the Munster final against Cork or Clare.

FINDING a Waterford player to pour forth his thoughts on an epic Munster championship semi-final was as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

WATERFORD chairman Paddy Joe Ryan last night made a strong appeal to the Deise hurling fans to renew the level of support that was so vital in last year’s historic Munster championship success.

AN INJURY crisis has forced the Waterford senior hurling selectors to delay naming the team for the first defence of their Munster SHC title against Kerry at Walsh Park on

YOU won’t hear him shouting it from the rooftops, but Justin McCarthy is pleased that Waterford are not facing Galway in tomorrow’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final in Croker.

IF you consider the commitment given by Justin McCarthy and Colm Bonnar to the Waterford hurling team, it’s easy to appreciate the passionate approach of former star Seamie Hannon.

FORMER Tipperary star Andy Moloney has been sensationally recalled at centre-forward on the Waterford team for Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final against Clare.

NOW into his eighth year as Waterford County Board chairman, Paddy Joe Ryan possesses the same wish as the day he assumed office.

THE Waterford selectors are expected to name the team for Sunday's All-Ireland hurling semi-final against Clare after training tonight.

Waterford have a new hurling manager this morning - Justin McCarthy.

Justin McCarthy looks set to be the new Waterford hurling manager.