Déise dare to dream of shot at last eight

UP to now, games between London and Waterford were played out well below the nation’s radar. Ruislip or Fraher Field, it didn’t matter. Here were two bottom-feeders fighting for scraps at the bottom of a tank packed with far bigger fish.

This Saturday will be different, however.

Five weeks ago, the Exiles could and should have taken the biggest scalp in their history but late points from Trevor Mortimer and Kevin McLoughlin let Mayo squirm off the hook before they wriggled free after extra-time.