Prendergast says young guns bringing a spark to Waterford

He’s glad now he came back. After almost a decade and a half in Waterford’s white and blue Seamus Prendergast decided to give 2014 a go, and with a minute left against Cork two weeks ago it was like 2004 all over again. Just as he did in that immortal Munster final, the big Ardmore man had nudged Waterford ahead.

“I thought of 2004 alright, but I had another chance a minute or so later only one of the Cork backs got a slight hook on me. If I’d gotten that one we’d surely have won — you can go from hero to zero fairly quick.”

He sees the new youngsters coming into training and recognises the mindset: “Every year you need three or four new players, young players, coming through and pushing for places.