Nire stand firm and get a shot at Crokes

WHATEVER their fate in next Sunday’s provincial decider against Dr Crokes, the Nire will long remember their epic Munster senior football championship semi-final replay victory over Tipperary champions Aherlow at windswept Fraher Field, Dungarvan, yesterday.

It was hard-earned and richly deserved, and while their seven-point winning margin may have flattered them, nothing can take from what was a momentous occasion for the Waterford men.

The football wasn’t always pretty. But it was never going to be in the conditions, with a near gale force wind blowing into the town goal.