McCarthy reaping hard work’s reward

A QUICK glance at his notebook and Justin McCarthy calculates he has taken 600 training sessions and driven over 80,000 miles in the service of Waterford hurling.

In that time he has guided the side to two Munster final victories (the first, in 2002 bridging a 39-year gap), three All-Ireland semi-final appearances and, earlier this year, a long overdue League title.

In pure hurling terms, he agrees one of his main priorities on taking charge was to improve skill levels.