Downhearted Owens seeking home comforts

WATERFORD boss John Owens is hopeful for a home draw in the All-Ireland qualifiers as he seeks to pick his players up from the disappointment of yesterday’s heavy defeat in the Munster SFC against Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Owens admits it will be a difficult task to try to revive his squad after they succumbed to the All-Ireland champions by 18 points.

“A home draw is what we’ll really be looking for and hopefully we can get someone down to Dungarvan. Coming into the match, we knew it was going to be difficult, we’d have to bring a high performance to compete and when that didn’t materialise, we knew we were going to be on the end of something heavy. We’ll hope to get a good draw and a good run in the qualifiers we should be able to pick them up.”