Founder and chief executive of Nemeton TV Irial Mac Murchú, county secretary Pat Flynn, and vice-chairman Sean Michael O’Regan will also sit on the panel.

Derek McGrath mentioned it in passing last week but it’s a game worth revisiting.

Cork have made four changes to their side for Sunday’s final Allianz HL Division 1A game against Tipperary at Páirc Uí Rinn.

Waterford SHC final

What marked out the great Waterford team of the last decade was the way they approached the game, a swashbuckling side of freestyle players blessed with the full range of hurling’s skills.

Keep a lid on expectations — that was the message to supporters from new Waterford manager Derek McGrath at the start of the year.

Manager Paul Grimley has hit out at “so-called fans” who want to criticise rather than support his Armagh side.

The Waterford County Board have confirmed the identity of the county's new senior hurling manager tonight and as widely anticipated, Derek McGrath has got the job.

Passage manager Peter Queally was last night interviewed for the vacant Waterford senior hurling job — but Derek McGrath remains a live contender for the position.

Peter Queally has emerged as favourite to become Waterford’s new senior hurling team manager. And Queally’s claims could be enhanced if Passage claim victory in next Sunday’s county final against eastern rivals Ballygunner.

Kilkenny legend DJ Carey has admitted today that he was unaware of his reported nomination for the position of Waterford senior hurling manager.

Kilkenny legend DJ Carey has allowed his name to go forward for the vacant Waterford job.

Former Waterford hurlers Stephen Frampton and James Murray have agreed to join the six man selection committee to recruit a new senior hurling manager.

The 2012 M Donnelly-sponsored Interprovincial Football and Hurling Championship was launched today by GAA President Christy Cooney at Croke Park.

Former Tipperary All-Ireland winning hurling manager Liam Sheedy and Ger O'Sullivan of Cork have been named as the Munster hurling and football managers respectively for the upcoming M. Donnelly Interprovincial Championships which begin next month.

TIPPERARY’S Liam Sheedy will lead Munster’s hurlers into the revamped M Donnelly Interprovincial semi-finals next month while Cork selector Ger O’Sullivan will be tasked with guiding the footballers.

MICHAEL RYAN was on the Nire road last week when his phone rang.

FERGAL HARTLEY appears to be the front-runner for the vacant Waterford job despite suggestions former Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy is in the running.

UNLESS you’re in a situation where the protagonists are regular winners of their own county titles, and thus meet thereafter on a fairly regular basis, trying to predict what’s going to happen in a provincial club final is pretty much an impossible business.

BALLYGUNNER have an injury-free squad to choose from as they wind down their preparations for Sunday’s Munster Club hurling semi-final with Clarecastle at Walsh Park.

BALLYGUNNER bring a mix of youth and experience to the Gaelic Grounds on Sunday when they begin their Munster Club Hurling Championship campaign against Limerick champions Garryspillane.

Mount Sion 4-14 Ballygunner 4-7

FOR the fifth time in six years, arch-rivals Mount Sion and Ballygunner meet in the Waterford SHC final at Walsh Park tomorrow.

THE smart money will be on a repeat of last year's 'Old Firm' decider between Mount Sion and Ballygunner.

ALL but two of Waterford’s heroes in the outstanding Munster Championship victory over Clare last Sunday, are in action this weekend in the first round of the County Senior Hurling Championship.

AFTER their failure in the League final last weekend, Waterford can either be inspired to energise their challenge tomorrow or, alternatively, be subdued by it.

Mount Sion 1-14 Ballygunner 2-11

ONE could be forgiven for thinking there’s a jaded appearance about Sunday’s Mount Sion/Ballygunner showdown in the Waterford SHC decider at Walsh Park, being as they’ve met in six of the last 11 finals.

REIGNING Waterford hurling champions, Mount Sion will almost certainly be without Allstar Ken McGrath for tomorrow’s mouthwatering county semi-final with arch rivals Lismore at Dungarvan (3.30pm).

Jim O’Sullivan

Tipperary 4-8

Limerick take on Waterford today for a place in the Munster final.

Waterford's most experienced defender Stephen Frampton has been left out of the Deise starting line-up for Sunday's Munster Hurling Semi-Final against Limerick at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.