Davy hails effort as Déise on a high

WATERFORD manager Davy Fitzgerald was elated at the final whistle on Saturday night and was loud in praise of his charges.

“It’s down to the players and how hard they worked. The game went against us two or three times but they worked hard – they were never going to give in easily.

“We still have a lot of work to do. It was a good win but you have to give credit to Cork. They fought hard and it takes two teams to produce a good contest. People mightn’t be happy that there weren’t enough scores, but trust me, there was so much commitment out there that it was hard to get the space to get scores.