Hutchinson says Gunners motivated by pain of last year’s final loss to DLS

THEIR defeat to De La Salle in last year’s Waterford SHC final is still a powerful motivational tool for 2011 champions Ballygunner, according to defender Wayne Hutchinson.

Hutchinson and company righted the wrongs of 2010 by collecting senior honours last month and took the first steps on the road to matching De La Salle’s Munster success with victory over Drom & Inch on Sunday.

Tall, strong, athletic, alongside Phillip Mahony and Shane Walsh, Hutchinson formed a near-impregnable half-back line in Semple Stadium. The Drom & Inch defence must have felt as if they were playing handball as ball after ball was returned back down the field, setting the platform for the win.