Maher: No issue with Déise ban on training

The four-week ban on Waterford hurling training handed down by the county board was blown out of proportion according to Déise selector Willie Maher.

The Waterford hurlers were not permitted to train collectively for a 27-day period and only stepped back inside the whitewash the weekend before last, three weeks out from their Munster championship opener against Cork.

Maher said too much was made of the training hiatus by the media and while he admitted it was difficult to monitor players’ progression during the ban, the management had no qualms in abiding by the board’sdecision.