Waterford midfield switches pay dividends in Offaly rout

Offaly 1-14, Waterfrord 2-18: The previous four league meetings between these two counties were evenly shared, the latter three decided by a goal or less.

Those clashes felt a world away on Saturday afternoon as Waterford were able to concede the first seven points of the match, rack up 22 wides in 70 minutes and still ease past the Faithful County without ever having to go beyond third gear.

“The scoreboard shows that we won by seven, it should have been ten or 11 to be honest” said Waterford selector Dan Shanahan afterwards and the former All Star from Lismore was probably being kind to Offaly even at that.