Gleeson points to a bright future for Déise

Mount Sion’s Austin Gleeson has been a rising star of the Waterford club scene and is the now the talk of inter-county hurling.

Sunday’s game between Cork and Waterford may not linger in the memory the way previous clashes between the counties have, but there was one clear highlight.

Austin Gleeson’s dazzling solo goal for Waterford in the second half was as good as you’re likely to see in Thurles, as Cork selector Johnny Crowley says elsewhere in these pages today.