Fouremile have edge as brave Ballyduff effort ends

THE belief that Ballyduff Upper would stroll to victory in this Waterford SHC quarter-final at Fraher Field, Dungarvan, on Saturday was well wide of the mark, and the odds-on favourites had to pull out all the stops before eventually seeing off Fourmilewater’s brave challenge.

Even with their county star Shane Walsh seriously restricted by a leg injury picked up in training, Fourmile gave it a right go.

For lengthy spells they threatened to pull off a huge shock. Ballyduff never scaled the heights of earlier games and it was only a brace of very late points that eventually saw them safely across the winning line.