Tony Browne: Direct running and eye for goals give Waterford the edge

Until Limerick win a second All-Ireland, they won't hold the kind of aura that many seem to believe they already possess. Waterford certainly won’t fear them

Waterford’s Dessie Hutchinson scores the first goal of the game in the All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final. Waterford have a lovely balance now between how they played under Derek McGrath and how Paraic Fanning had wanted them to play. Picture: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Although it’s natural that it’s often brought up how long it is since Waterford last won an All-Ireland, it’s a big help for Liam Cahill and his team that it’s only three years since we were last in one.

Between it and Covid, there’s no real hype down here. Along with the 21s winning the All-Ireland in 2016 and then the seniors having the run they did in ’17, it’s become almost the new norm, Waterford being in some final.