Déise players deserve some credit too
You just have to press the button and you have your front or back page shot for the next day’s papers: the two boys will do the rest.
They both jumped the wire in Pairc Uí Chaoimh to salute the terraces after their wins over Tipperary in 2002 and 2004. When they first won Munster, Mullane jumped on Justin McCarthy’s back. When they won it again in 2004 with 14 men and without him, Mullane shed tears while declaring his love for Waterford.