U21 stroll soothes the pain of last week for Waterford

Waterford 5-25 Antrim 1-8: Concrete solutions may have been thin on the ground, but at least there was general agreement Saturday’s futile exercise in Thurles did no-one any favours. 

Waterford were the beneficiaries of the draw this time, their 29-point winning margin surpassing Wexford’s 12-point win this time last year and Clare’s 27-point mauling the summer previous.

A distant memory now is Antrim’s shock semi-final win over Wexford at this grade in 2013. The likelihood of such a scalp ever being repeated? Going on Saturday’s evidence; doubtful, extremely doubtful.