Clare and Offaly must not be written off warns Waterford captain

THE hurling world may be anticipating a Kilkenny/Waterford pairing in the Guinness All-Ireland hurling semi-final on August 8, but Waterford captain Ken McGrath insisted yesterday that nobody should make the mistake of writing off Clare or Offaly.

McGrath was in Dublin to receive the Vodafone GAA Allstar Hurler of the Month award for June, which completed a unique treble for the county. With Paul Flynn and Dan Shanahan honoured in April and May, Vodafone Brands manager Helen Marks said it was the first time in the history of the scheme this happened.

McGrath, inspirational in Waterford’s first Munster final triumph over Cork since 1959, watched Kilkenny’s runaway win over Galway on television and admitted to having been suitably impressed.