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.

DEFENDING champions Stradbally snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against Rathgormack in an exciting Waterford SFC group game at Fraher Field, Dungarvan on Saturday.

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.

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

JAMES McCARTHY might have been cast in the Enda Kenny no-show role last night but there was no debate about the winning candidate at the Aviva Stadium, as a rocket to remember from Darron Gibson illuminated what, until then, had been a drab occasion and provided the first of three good reasons why a crowd of just 20,900 were, in the final analysis, glad they’d turned up for the inaugural Carling Nations Cup game.

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Waterford 1-9 Limerick 1-17

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

Limerick 1-16 Waterford 1-14

WATERFORD football boss John Owens will give Gary Hurney time to make a decision on his future inter-county plans after he pulled out of the county hurling squad.

Limerick 1-11 Waterford 1-12

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Meath 1-20 Waterford 0-08

Cork 2-18 Waterford 1-07

CORK captain Graham Canty has been passed fit to play for Cork and resumes his centre-back position for Sunday’s NFL showdown with Fermanagh at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

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).

Antrim footballers firmly made their long journey to Cusack Park, Ennis a fruitful one with a convincing 13 points victory over Clare by 1-13 to 0-3 this afternoon.

Mickey Ned O'Sullivan's Limerick side had little difficulty in seeing off Tralee IT this afternoon, as the Shannonsiders progressed through to the first round proper of the 2007 McGrath Cup.

Kerry 0-16 Waterford 0-08

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.

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

CLARE manager John Kennedy said that it came as no surprise to him that Waterford had put up such a marvellous challenge after his side’s narrow victory in Ennis yesterday: “I always felt that this was going to be one hell of a battle and I was proved right.

Tralee IT 2-8 Waterford 0-9

Tipperary 0-18, Waterford 1-12