Odds stacked high against Déise, admits McGlinchey

TOM McGlinchey was 28 — “just a baby,” he says — when he was appointed manager of the Tipperary football team in 2000.

On Sunday, the Cork native will attempt to stop Tipp, as he manages Waterford in the championship for the first time.

A garda based in Murroe, Co Limerick, McGlinchey has managed Ballylanders and Limerick minor and U21 sides, as well as Cahir in Tipp and the hurlers of Killaloe.