The hosts were mediocre despite their 17-point winning margin, but in truth they never needed to move out of second gear to see off a Dublin challenge that began brightly but quickly faded.
From a Waterford perspective, the most satisfying feature will have been their 2-21 tally from play yet they are all too aware that sterner tests await.
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