Grounded Waterford get the job done with no frills

Waterford were just the better team. So were Tipperary on Saturday but there was still a sense that Clare left it after them. You cannot argue against 21 points from play to seven, but some of the missed chances for Clare were soul destroying, writes Anthony Daly.

When I was walking into Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday, I met this fella from the Brian Dillons club who was working as a steward. He had a smile from ear to ear, clearly as proud as punch, not of the Cork hurlers’ success, but of the new house.

“Well boy, what’ya think?”