Deegan hails cut-throat competition
All-Ireland champions at both senior and U21, 2013 had been a hugely successful season but already it was past tense. Driving on, that was the goal, no resting on laurels. With that in mind a conscious decision was taken to perhaps sacrifice a few wins in the Waterford Crystal Tournament and in the Allianz Hurling League, to blood a few new players and thus create those selection headaches.
In the event they managed to reach the Waterford Crystal final, beaten by Tipperary in the final; they have also reached the league semi-final and on Sunday in the Gaelic Grounds, take on that same opposition in the second game of a league double-header. Significantly however, says selector Mike Deegan, they have also reached their first goal – cut-throat competition for starting places.
