Both sides struggled to find their range early on, with Ballygunner’s Pauric Mahony (free) the only scorer in the opening ten minutes.

Darragh O’Sullivan didn’t have much joy against Clare opposition during his Ballygunner playing days. He’s hoping for better luck now that he’s traded the jersey for the bainisteoir’s bib.

Derek McGrath joined Justin McCarthy and Davy Fitzgerald on WLRFM earlier today in hailing the Stradbally man after informed Liam Cahill at the weekend that his inter-county career has concluded.

Last Sunday they won the Waterford SHC for the sixth year on the spin and now progress to meet Sixmilebridge at a Clare venue in the provincial quarter-final on November 3.

Waterford legend Michael 'Brick' Walsh has announced his retirement from inter-county hurling

The four-time All-Star was one of the players called by Cahill this past weekend where he informed the Tipperary native that 2019 was his final season in the Déise jersey.

Ballygunner made it six Waterford senior hurling titles in a row yesterday, with this Waterford SHC title, showing all their experience in seeing off a spirited De La Salle side.

Ballygunner made it six in a row with this Waterford SHC title, showing all their experience in seeing off a spirited De La Salle side.

Waterford have been refused permission to play their 2020 Munster SHC home games at a Leinster venue, in the event of Walsh Park being unavailable.

Cahill believes the players are capable of carrying out different styles of hurling and intends tailoring tactics around their skillsets.

An entertaining game finished with a winning burst from De La Salle to earn their place in the Waterford SHC final at the expense of Mount Sion.

Ballygunner booked their place in the Waterford SHC semi-final with an easy win over Dungarvan.

Meanwhile, Waterford GAA officials have explained the thinking behind next Sunday’s county senior hurling semi-finals, which are being played in two venues 30 miles apart rather than as a double-header.

Queally who was a Waterford selector with Davy Fitzgerald and steered Passage to a Waterford county title in 2013

Austin Gleeson feels that the Waterford players must take responsibility for results over the last two summers.

Fanning stepped aside for ‘personal reasons’ earlier this month after just one season at the helm.

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.

Former Waterford boss Derek McGrath has admitted he wants to manage his county again at some stage but stated it’s unlikely to be for 2020.

Derek McGrath has admitted he regrets his ‘self-indulgent’ The Sunday Game comments about the sweeper system which he acknowledged made him sound bitter.

Waterford are looking for a new hurling boss after they announced that Páraic Fanning is stepping down.

Cork's Amy O'Connor has called out the unfair treatment of camogie players and says that the planning of Championship fixtures have been a "disaster".

The Waterford camogie squad feel that five days’ notice for Sunday’s rescheduled All Ireland championship clash with Cork is disrespectful to players and have sought a meeting with the association to ensure that this situation doesn't happen again.

Tom Barron was the hero of the hour as Waterford ended a 13-year wait for a Munster championship win at Fraher Field last night.

Super sub JJ Hutchinson was the game-changer for Ballygunner in the final quarter as the champions blitzed Dungarvan with the last nine points of yesterday’s Round 2 contest at a wet, wet, wet Walsh Park (1-18 to 0-14).

The 28-year-old announced his retirement from the squad on Monday night, ending a ten-year run with the county senior side.

‘Our main men must step up, because Waterford hurling is in crisis’

Plans to increase Walsh Park’s capacity to 16,000 remain on course despite neither of Waterford’s two home games in the Munster senior hurling championship this summer selling out.

Former Waterford manager Derek McGrath has rejected claims that the county’s senior hurling team are in crisis.

Former Waterford selector Dan Shanahan says the Déise players must lift a downbeat county against Limerick in Walsh Park tomorrow.

Waterford stalwart Michael “Brick” Walsh is expected to make his 75th Championship appearance as a starter in Sunday’s do-or-die Munster SHC clash with Limerick.

Jason Forde’s goal on 54 minutes broke Waterford’s spirit and from there to the end, Tipperary outscored their opponents 1-9 to 0-1 to claim their second win of the campaign and boost their scoring difference if that becomes an issue later in the campaign.

Waterford manager Paraic Fanning said his side’s burst after half-time “got them back into the game” before Tipperary took over in the third quarter.

Inter-county football has been a welcome distraction for Waterford’s 46-year-old goalkeeper Darren Mulhearne who took redundancy from his job at Virgin Media a week before being called into the Déise set-up.

Late points from Conner Hegarty, Dylan Downes and Keith Smyth saw Clare over the line in a tight and tense curtain raiser in Walsh Park that was level seven times.

The last time there was a big Munster senior hurling championship game in Waterford, back in 1996, Ken McGrath was still a minor.

If Derek McGrath came equipped with a fuel gauge then the red warning light would have been flashing at a worrying rate by the time he finally stepped away from his role as Waterford hurling manager after five years last summer.

How long can a county player give his county nowadays? Waterford hurling captain Noel Connors is inclined to think that eight years is becoming the cut-off point.

Former Brighton & Hove Albion player Dessie Hutchinson nailed a late free from 40 metres as Gailltir edged An Rinn 1-5 to 1-4 on a miserable Sunday afternoon in Kill.

At the tender age of 23, Dr Tom Devine bid farewell to inter-county hurling. It had been on the cards.

This past year I’ve gone back to college to study sports science and yesterday morning I had to hand in an assignment.

Following in the footsteps of the ultra-dominant Kilkenny teams of this decade and last, Limerick secured national league silverware seven months after claiming Liam MacCarthy.

Waterford made it to Sunday's Allianz Hurling League final the hard way.

Waterford 1-18 Galway 0-19

The camera work may have been shaky but what it captured was a thing of beauty.