Barron battling to be fit for Déise

Waterford forward Jamie Barron faces a race against time to prove his fitness for the Munster quarter-final against Cork in a fortnight after picking up an ankle injury in county training last week.

“He is a major doubt,” manager Derek McGrath revealed last night. “We came back in on Tuesday night and with the first ball Jamie got he went over on his ankle.”

Barron made his championship debut against Clare last summer. Before this injury setback, he had displayed exciting form on the local circuit. He sent in 26 points over two recent rounds of the club championship for Fourmilewater to top the scoring charts.

McGrath added they won’t use the injury list as an excuse on May 25. “The reality is we will be down a few bodies for the Cork game. We will just have to soldier on.”