Don’t write off the Déise just yet

AS EXPECTED, mental frailty was exposed ruthlessly in Thurles yesterday.

Galway’s, not Waterford’s. The westerners collapsed after half-time in the All-Ireland SHC quarter-final, leaking five consecutive points to give Waterford the platform to drive on to a ten-point win.

That Galway managed one point in the third quarter, and two in 22 minutes of the second-half, put Waterford’s remarkable resurrection after their seven-goal hammering by Tipp in the Munster final in context.