The Waterford county board have agreed to a request from the football panel to hold a meeting early next week and open talks between both parties following Niall Carew’s departure as senior boss.

Waterford football captain Shane Briggs has voiced his support for Niall Carew to be retained as manager despite their qualifier exit to Carlow on Saturday.

Late points from sub Jack Kennedy and Daniel St Ledger sealed a remarkable come-from-behind victory for Carlow in this afternoon’s All-Ireland SFC round 1B qualifier against Waterford at Dr. Cullen Park.

The Clare County Board have opted to go ahead with the majority of this weekend’s second round club championship fixtures — despite receiving an appeal for a postponement by Davy Fitzgerald and his management team.

Mayo manager James Horan has called former Connacht captain Gavin Duffy into his senior squad.

Uncertainty surrounds the 2015 Munster SFC after Limerick, Waterford, Clare and Tipperary stepped up their threat to withdraw from next year’s competition if the seeded system remains in place.

Waterford football captain Shane Briggs insists they will join Limerick, Tipperary and Clare in walking away from the 2015 Munster championship if the seeded draw remains in place.

ALLIANZ FL DIV 4:

Ballinacourty 2-07 Dromcollogher-Broadford 0-11

Ballinacourty 0-12 Stradbally 0-05

The Munster SFC seeding row took another dramatic twist last night as Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford threatened to pull out of the 2015 competition.

The Munster Council's decision to seed Kerry and Cork for next season's Munster Senior Football Championship has led the other four counties involved to threaten to boycott the province's 2015 Championship.

The Munster Council has said that it will consider any requests from counties seeking to reverse the decision to reintroduce seeding for the province’s senior football championship.

Laois football manager Justin McNulty will be without the services of Kevin Meaney, last year's captain, and full-forward Gary Walsh for the remainder of this year's Championship.

Gary Hurney will captain Waterford senior footballers for the coming season, with Shane Briggs named as vice-captain.

Niall Carew’s hope of getting his inter-county managerial career with Waterford off to a positive start in the Allianz Football League have been dealt a major blow with the confirmation that he will have to do without the talismanic Gary Hurney for the first two games.

Tipperary 1-12 Waterford 2-8 (After extra-time)

Munster interprovincial manager Ger O’Sullivan said it would “a great disappointment” if the series is ended.

Fourmilewater 0-12 Abbeyside0-8

Three things were lost in Aughrim on Saturday when Waterford travelled to take on Wicklow in the first round of the football qualifiers.

Wicklow 1-17 Waterford 0-15, (after extra-time)

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

A TWO-GOAL salvo in the opening two minutes of the second-half from Colm Cooper decided yesterday’s Munster Club SFC quarter-final at sunny Fraher Field, Dungarvan.

BALLINACOURTY dramatically dethroned title holders Stradbally in a tension-filled Waterford SFC final at Fraher Field, Dungarvan, yesterday.

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

London 0-13 Waterford 1-17

Cillian O'Keeffe and Paul Whyte have been named in the Waterford attack for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier against London.

UP to now, games between London and Waterford were played out well below the nation’s radar. Ruislip or Fraher Field, it didn’t matter. Here were two bottom-feeders fighting for scraps at the bottom of a tank packed with far bigger fish.

WATERFORD bounced back from their opening day defeat to Wexford to claim a historic first Division Three victory at Fraher Field, Dungarvan.

Clare 1-10 Waterford 0-10

WATERFORD boss John Owens heaped praise on his understrength team after stunning Tipperary in this McGrath Cup quarter-final at Walsh Park yesterday.

Offaly 0-15 Waterford 0-10

AS expected Limerick secured their place in a second consecutive Munster football final at the expense of their hosts at Fraher Field 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.

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.

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

DARRAGH Ó SÉ could return for Kerry against Galway in Sunday’s Allianz NFL clash at Austin Stack Park, Tralee.

DUBLIN manager Pat Gilroy has handed debuts to two players for Saturday’s National league Division One tie against Tyrone at Croke Park.

THE Waterford SFC title race will be decided, a week later than expected, at Fraher Field Dungarvan tomorrow (2pm).

BALLYDUFF UPPER and Abbeyside square off tomorrow in the Waterford SHC semi-final replay at Fraher Field, Dungarvan (2pm).

Wicklow 0-18 Waterford 0-12