Master McGrath

Ken McGrath has travelled a winding road with Waterford for almost a decade. Michael Moynihan discovered why he still enjoys the journey, despite the injury worry hanging over him this week.

ON SUNDAY, he’ll make that familiar trip all over again. Up early for a bowl of cereal, then down with his brother Eoin through Ballybricken and on to the quays, into the Granville Hotel.

After an early lunch of pasta and chicken they’ll set off for Clonmel, where they’ll meet the bus coming up from west Waterford. A puck-around at a secret location in Tipperary, then Thurles. Waterford’s Ken McGrath knows the routine well.