Flynn forgets final flop for a Clare day

PAUL FLYNN was smiling in Dublin yesterday, reaffirming that the league final is in the past and all that is of concern down Decies way is Sunday’s Munster SHC joust with Clare in Thurles.

Of course, some have wondered if the Banner had been on Waterford minds before last Sunday’s league final. Their performance certainly suggested so, but Flynn, collecting a Vodafone Player of the Month award for April, dismissed that theory.

“There was no question of us looking ahead to Clare. We wanted to beat Galway and win the league title,” he said. “The Clare game is no excuse. It was by far our worst performance in the league.