7 things we've learned from this weekend's GAA action

Here are seven things we learned from the weekend’s games at Croke Park. 

We know there’s life in the game yet

Is it all part of an elaborate con job being pulled by Derek McGrath and Waterford, to play with a sweeper until you can surprise your opponents with an orthodox formation? No. But yesterday shows good teams can play any way they like, or more accurately, any way that suits them. What suited Waterford yesterday got them within a minute of an All-Ireland final: what’s wrong with that?