Kieran Shannon: Munster stumble shows Waterford have much to learn

After the scale and nature of their capitulation in Ennis last Sunday an All-Ireland seems as distant as it has ever been this millennium

Brian Lohan and Liam Cahill, shake hands after the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 5 match between Clare and Waterford at Cusack Park in Ennis, Clare. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

If it’s 20 years now since Saipan, well, that means it’s 20 years since Waterford beat Cork on a drizzly Sunday in Thurles and put themselves in position to end their Munster famine.

Amidst all the attention that a fellow Corkman was commanding at the time, that achievement of Justin McCarthy as well as the frustrations the Cork hurlers were experiencing regarding their own preparations didn’t get much of a look-in.