Déise’s Semple Sunday erases the pain of past Rebel routs

SUNDAY was extra special for Waterford selector Shamie Hannon.

Hannon endured some of the darkest days of the county’s hurling history with Cork being the chief culprits in serving up the pain.

The anguish of the 1982 Munster final defeat, when the Decies suffered a humiliating 31 points defeat, is one that still haunts him. But yesterday’s Semple Stadium’s heroics have helped heal some of those scars.