Déise stalwart Murray takes the rough with the smooth

DAVY FITZGERALD was talking about the commitment of his Waterford players at the team press night and had a ready-made example to hand.

“If I were a sub I wouldn’t be happy,” said Fitzgerald. “I’d want to be playing, and I’d probably be saying to the parents at home in the evening, ‘what are they at, I want to be playing’.

“The older lads want to play more than anything, but as a management team we want to pick who we think is on form. There’s no sentiment in this.