Déise make most of Monday

SOME journeys matter more than the destination, but not yesterday in Semple Stadium.

Waterford breasted the tape four points ahead of Clare in this Munster SHC semi-final, a championship game in league clothing played before just 11,028 spectators.

Waterford were aware of potential ambushes before this game, for all that a template was already to hand from the Cork-Tipperary clash last Sunday week: experienced team chokes younger opponents in victory. Old dogs. Hard roads. After that the story writes itself.