Browne calls time on Déise career

WATERFORD hurling legend Tony Browne has confirmed his retirement from the inter-county game after this, his 19th season at the top level.

Browne, 37, came to national prominence with the 1992 Waterford U21 team that defeated Clare to win the Munster championship before adding the All-Ireland crown after overcoming Offaly in the replayed final. Two years later he won a second Munster U21 medal but Waterford didn’t win the All-Ireland title that season.

He made his championship debut for Waterford in 1992 and went on to win four Munster senior hurling titles, scoring a vital goal in the first of those victories for the Déise, the 2002 Munster final win over a heavily fancied Tipperary side.