Some observations now that the smoke has cleared...

Leading into last year’s All-Ireland final, something that nagged at me as a Waterford man was the thought we might come to rue the time we didn’t kill off Galway earlier that season during a league quarter-final up in Salthill, writes Tony Browne

Even though Derek McGrath had put out a largely experimental team, Waterford were nine points up early on in the second half against a home team who had already missed out on promotion.

Had Waterford seen it out, it probably would been the last they’d have seen of Galway for the year as well. The public mood up there could have turned foul enough and morale within the Galway camp wouldn’t have been hectic either.