Mount Sion: The centre-back factory for Waterford hurling

A couple of weeks back Austin Gleeson gave a superb exhibition of centre-back play in Walsh Park for the Waterford U21s as they rolled to an impressive victory over Tipperary in the Munster final.

Mount Sion: The centre-back factory for Waterford hurling

For many fans Gleeson’s power, fielding and striking were classical evocations of some of his predecessors in the white and blue number six jersey: The kind of players that teams were traditionally built around.

What’s unusual, though, is just how many of those predecessors also came from Gleeson’s club, Mount Sion.

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