Workaholic McGrath content to lay foundations for successor

It may just be that Derek McGrath’s successor benefits from the spade work he’s putting in at the moment.

So what, he says. As long as Waterford benefit from the graft he, his management team and his players are contributing to the cause that’s all that matters.

But to suggest nothing will happen under his watch as he bridges a period of transition — an attitude expressed by the naysayers in the county — is a slight on the hard yards Waterford are making at the moment.