Waterford deliver on ‘scary’ promise: Now for the big one
Of the 14,410 patrons present in Thurles on Saturday, it isn’t an exaggeration to suggest that at least 12,000 of them had travelled from Déise country. As Galway manager Tony Ward predicted last week, Waterford came in their thousands to bear witness to the team they believe will, in time, deliver Liam MacCarthy. And in terms of laying a foundation for future senior success, this U21 result looks a fairly concrete base from which to build on.
There was the opening goal delivered 40 seconds after the throw-in, there was Patrick Curran’s hand-pass to set up goal number three, there was Stephen Bennett’s delicious pass to tee up his brother for goal number four, and there was Stephen Bennett’s catch-swivel-strike movement from a near-impossible angle to deliver their fifth.
