McCarthy: we kept working and played a bit more direct

NO promises from Justin McCarthy, no guarantees how Waterford will fare in Sunday week’s Allianz NHL final against Kilkenny.

Just a promise of honest effort of the type which ended Cork’s hopes of getting back to the final after a nine-year lapse.

“We’ll give it a lash,’’ he said outside the team dressing room, just after addressing the players — when you can be sure he told them to keep their feet on the ground.