Mahony desperate to win big for Derek

Waterford’s Padraic Mahony says it is time for the Déise hurlers to front-up and accept responsibility for their performances, claiming the panel have been too willing to allow manager Derek McGrath shoulder much of the recent criticism levelled at the group.

Waterford were relegated from Division 1A of the league this spring, exiting the Munster championship off the back of a comprehensive 0-28 to 0-14 replay defeat to Cork last month.

Mahony, a past pupil of De La Salle Waterford, won Harty and Croke Cup medals under McGrath in 2008 and laments the squad’s failure to carve out a substantial victory since McGrath took the senior reins last November.